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Oct 14, 2026 at 2:10 PM ET
Die Zeit vows legal fight over interview recordings
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Die Zeit said it would use every legal means to challenge a Hamburg court order demanding recordings of interviews about a high-profile kidnapping case. After prosecutors and Hamburg State Criminal Police Office officers visited the newspaper on Monday and threatened to search its offices, the interviewing editor handed over the files under seal. Journalist groups condemned the authorities’ actions.
WHO: Die Zeit editors-in-chief Giovanni di Lorenzo and Jochen Wegner
WHAT: said the newspaper would use every legal means available to challenge a Hamburg court order for interview recordings.
WHEN: Oct 12, 2026
WHERE: Hamburg, Germany
WHY: The editors said they would challenge the order to defend source protection, which they described as essential to independent journalism.
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