Europes blasphemy and defamation laws threaten democratic values critics say

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has often been accused of deliberately pursuing vague policies to avoid being criticized. Her opponents believe that's what happened Friday when she allowed the prosecution of a German comedian for insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a poem. Human rights activists, advocates of press freedom and even ministers in her own coalition government were […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/04/20/europes-blasphemy-and-defamation-laws-threaten-democratic-values-critics-say/