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Together with activist Lars Ritter, we filed a lawsuit at the Administrative Court of Berlin in June 2023. The lawsuit is directed against the use of pain compliance holds during a peaceful protest. The targeted and unnecessary infliction of pain in order to enforce police measures during the disper

Together with the Association of the Persecuted of the Nazi Regime - League of Anti-Fascists (VVN-BdA), we filed a complaint with the Administrative Court of Berlin in July 2023. With the lawsuit, we want to have the court declare that the ban on the activist leaving the country was unlawful and tha

Today, the GFF, together with Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and three journalists, is filing an application to have the wiretapping measures taken by the Munich Public Prosecutor's Office against the Last Generation's press telephone reviewed by the courts. The organisation had specifically provid

Together with the Alfred Landecker Foundation, the GFF is launching the project "Report it! Strong voices for the police". On the one hand, the project aims to raise awareness about the importance and current situation of whistleblower protection within the police. On the other hand, the project aim

Together with an affected Facebook user, GFF is filing a lawsuit against Meta. The company automatically scans Messenger messages sent by users. In doing so, the platform violates the fundamental rights to privacy and to control one’s own data. Meta is relying on a European transitional regulation t

Because of a tweet, the Police University NRW (State North Rhine-Westphalia) withdrew the lecturer Bahar Aslan from her teaching assignment. Aslan had previously expressed concern about right-wing and racist forces in the police force. As a result, the university withdrew Aslan's teaching assignment

Member of the German federal parliament Robin Mesarosch (SPD) shared a post on his LinkedIn account in which he speaks out against a cooperation with the AfD. LinkedIn classified this post as hate speech and subsequently blocked it. Even after the MP's complaint, the platform stuck to its assessment

Wegen Beschwerden von Anwohner*innen hat die Stadt Freiburg pauschal verboten, zwischen 23 und 6 Uhr in öffentlichen Parks Musik zu spielen – sei es über Boxen oder mit Instrumenten. Dabei wird kein Unterschied gemacht, in welcher Lautstärke die Musik abgespielt wird und wo sich die nächsten Wohnhäu

Jointly with ADAS (a support center for protection against discrimination in schools) and ReachOut (a helpline against racism), the GFF examined school regulations and found discriminatory rules at more than 20 Berlin schools. Among other things, students are generally banned from speaking their fir

Bereits 2019 hat die GFF gegen das im Jahr 2018 novellierte Hessische Verfassungsschutzgesetz (HVSG) Verfassungsbeschwerde eingereicht. 2022 setzte das Bundesverfassungsgericht in seiner Entscheidung zum Bayerischen Verfassungsschutzgesetz (1 BvR 1619/17) Maßstäbe für alle weiteren Verfassungsschutz