Protest in Berlin Against Death of Free Speech April 26, 2016 · by Andrew McCallum · in Pirate Party News Bruno Kramm, leader of the Berlin branch of the Pirate Party of Germany, was arrested last Friday. Kramm now faces prosecution under section 103 of the German criminal code for ‘insulting’ Turkish President, Recep Erdoğan. Despite the pending prosecution he is already preparing… Piracy and Conferences in Istanbul: An Interview with a Turkish Pirate July 21, 2014 · by Josef Ohlsson Collentine · in Interview Earlier this year Pirate Parties International arranged it’s first conference other than the General Assemblies. The conference was called Think Twice and took place in Frankfurt am Main, …

Head of Berlin Pirate Party Jailed Over Erdogan Protest April 23, 2016 · by Andrew McCallum · in Pirate Party News This post is also available in Russian. Bruno Kramm, the head of the Berlin branch of Germany’s Pirate Party, was arrested yesterday for ‘insulting a representative of a foreign state’. During a protest he had quoted a satirical poem by… Interview with a Turkish Pirate about the Protests in #gezipark June 24, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Profile The recent protests in Turkey started on 28 May 2013. The protests were sparked by the brutal eviction of a sit-in at Istanbul’s Taksim Gezi Park protesting at plans …

Head of Berlin Pirate Party Jailed Over Erdogan Protest April 23, 2016 · by Andrew McCallum · in Pirate Party News This post is also available in Russian. Bruno Kramm, the head of the Berlin branch of Germany’s Pirate Party, was arrested yesterday for ‘insulting a representative of a foreign state’. During a protest he had quoted a satirical poem by… German Pirate Party General Assembly Day 1 May 11, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in General Assembly On Friday 10 May 2013 the German Bundesparteitag (Federal General Assembly) Started punctually at 13:37 with a speech from Bruno Kramm News about the pirate movement International Pirate News: #ppintSign up: …

Head of Berlin Pirate Party Jailed Over Erdogan Protest April 23, 2016 · by Andrew McCallum · in Pirate Party News This post is also available in Russian. Bruno Kramm, the head of the Berlin branch of Germany’s Pirate Party, was arrested yesterday for ‘insulting a representative of a foreign state’. During a protest he had quoted a satirical poem by… 1.500 European Local Authorities Declared TTIP Free Zones April 22, 2016 · by Stathis Leivaditis · in Pirate Party News Negotiators working on the TTIP want the job to be done quickly, before Obama’s end of presidency in USA. However, a very significant movement of local authorities are rising all around …

Head of Berlin Pirate Party Jailed Over Erdogan Protest April 23, 2016 · by Andrew McCallum · in Pirate Party News This post is also available in: Spanish This post is also available in Russian. Bruno Kramm, the head of the Berlin branch of Germany’s Pirate Party, was arrested yesterday for ‘insulting a representative of a foreign state’. During a protest he had quoted a satirical poem by the comedian, Jan Boehmermann. Police arrested Kramm in front of the Turkish embassy in Berlin. The arrest came during a protest against the German government’s decision (earlier this month) to authorize the prosecution of the German comedian, Jan Boehmermann, over the poem he …

Reda’s Report was Approved – A Turning Point for Copyright June 23, 2015 · by Andrew McCallum · in Pirate Party News The Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament passed an amended version of Julia Reda’s copyright evaluation report on 17th June in Brussels. The committee’s non-legislative report, assessing the effects of the key piece of EU copyright law, was approved by 23 votes to 2. Julia – a member of the Frankfurt chapter of the German Pirate Party, president of the Young Pirates of Europe, and member of the European Parliament – is rapporteur of the Parliament’s review of 2001’s Copyright Directive. Her draft report recommended the EU-wide …

Key TTIP vote postponed June 9, 2015 · by Andrew McCallum · in Pirate Party News An important vote on TTIP at the plenary session of the European Parliament, which was due to take place tomorrow morning (10 June 2015), has been delayed at the last minute. The reason offered is that there has been such a large number of amendments to the proposal that MEPs need more time to consider it. However, critics say that the postponement of the TTIP vote reflects just how controversial and contested this trade deal has become. Despite being under enormous pressure from corporate lobbyists, MEPs know that the people of Europe do not want the introduction …