When the limits of free speech are trespassed, when it is about criminal expressions, sedition, incitement to carry out criminal offences that threaten people, such content has to be deleted from the net, and we agree that as a rule this should be possible within 24 hours.

German Justice Minister Heiko Maas

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It should be clear to President Erdogan: There won't be a discount for Turkey (after the attempted coup), the one who restricts fundamental rights and the independence of executive, legislative and judicial powers is pushing the country away from the basic values of the EU.

German Justice Minister Heiko Maas

Criminals should be punished consistently, that will also lead to... by German Justice Minister Heiko...

Criminals should be punished consistently, that will also lead to more deportations.

German Justice Minister Heiko Maas

The law allows for people to be deported during asylum proceedings if they're sentenced to a year or more in prison, and that's possible with sexual offenses.

German Justice Minister Heiko Maas

During these investigations it will become clear which circle of perpetrators is involved, making this an issue through over-simplifications, and connecting it to the issue of refugees is nothing more than misuse of the debate. Now it is about determining the facts and drawing the necessary conclusions.

German Justice Minister Heiko Maas

We must clarify if what happened is a new form of organized crime against which the state must take measures.

German Justice Minister Heiko Maas