Row over treason inquiry rocks German political establishment


  • World
  • Wednesday, 05 Aug 2015

German Justice Minister Heiko Maas gives a statement to the media at the Ministry of Justice in Berlin, Germany, August 4, 2015. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's justice minister came under fire on Wednesday for sacking the top public prosecutor in a row over a treason investigation that has exposed tensions between press freedom and protection of state secrets.

Federal prosecutors have been investigating whether news website Netzpolitik.org revealed state secrets by publishing plans to step up state surveillance of online communications in Germany, a country strongly wedded to press freedom and privacy.

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