Submission + - Imprisoned as terrorist for access to library (freeandrej.net.ms)
An anonymous reader writes: All major German newspapers already reported about this (english version available); and I guess it is also important for /. readers planing to work in Germany. Dr. Andrej H., a german sociologist, was detained upon the order of the office of the federal prosecutor on suspicion of the formation of a terrorist association for the following reasons:
-the suspect, with a doctoral degree in political science and, "as an employee of a research institute, had access to libraries where he could inconspicuously do the research required for the founding of a militant group"
-the suspected participation in the "militant group" is based on the fact of some meetings alone
-Dr. Andrej H.'s involvement in the terrorist group can be deduced from his intellectual engagement in subjects broached in the writings of the "mg"; a 1998 publication of Dr. Andrej H. contained various "key words and phrases" also found in the texts of the "militant group" (including, for example, the term "gentrification" widely used in urban sociology)
-the suspect, with a doctoral degree in political science and, "as an employee of a research institute, had access to libraries where he could inconspicuously do the research required for the founding of a militant group"
-the suspected participation in the "militant group" is based on the fact of some meetings alone
-Dr. Andrej H.'s involvement in the terrorist group can be deduced from his intellectual engagement in subjects broached in the writings of the "mg"; a 1998 publication of Dr. Andrej H. contained various "key words and phrases" also found in the texts of the "militant group" (including, for example, the term "gentrification" widely used in urban sociology)
