German prosecutors drop probe into comedian over Erdoğan poem

German prosecutors have said they have dropped their investigation into a TV comic who wrote a crude poem about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, citing insufficient evidence that he committed any crime.

Critican a Merkel por permitir a fiscales abrir caso contra humorista

La canciller alemana, Angela Merkel, accedió este viernes a permitir que la fiscalía ponga en marcha un caso contra un comediante que se mofó del presidente turco, Tayyip Erdogan, lo que generó críticas locales por no proteger la libertad de expresión.

Merkel allows inquiry into comic's Erdogan insult

The German government has approved a criminal inquiry into a comic who mocked the Turkish president, Chancellor Angel Merkel announced.

Five jailed in Turkey for ‘insulting’ Erdogan. Almost 2,000 people have been prosecuted for “insulting”

Five men have been jailed in Turkey for “insulting” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, reports, one of several such cases that have intensified alarm over the country’s slide towards authoritarianism.

Erdogan determined to punish German comedian. “That is necessary to bring him back to the right path"

Turkish president’s defamation suit against a German comedian aims to prevent any similar abusive insults in the future, lawyer for the president has said.

Common European Values - Germany: Merkel rejects criticism over Erdogan-poem row

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has dismissed criticisms she is compromising on freedoms by not refusing Ankara’s request to open a court case against a German comedian for his poem mocking the Turkish president.

Common European Values: Merkel says ZDF’s poem on President Erdoğan ‘insulting’

German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized a video of a comedian reading a poem about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Germany’s state broadcaster ZDF and called the text “insulting,” during a phone call with Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.

Turkey calls on West to stop insulting Islamic world and Islam

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Western countries to take necessary actions to stop insulting Islamic values at the international conference of the Muslim countries here on Wednesday.

Freedom of Expression: Anti-Charlie Hebdo protests continue in Niger

France's embassy in Niger has warned its citizens to stay indoors as violent protests continued against French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo's latest cartoons.

US, Russian Envoys Exchange Threats at UN Security Council. -Churkin also accused senior U.N. human rights official Ivan Simonovic

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, has equated Russia's takeover of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula to theft, saying "a thief can steal property, but that does not confer the right of ownership on the thief."

Power's comments at an emergency Security Council meeting on Ukraine Wednesday drew a sharp and immediate response from Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, who shot back: "It is simply unacceptable to listen to these insults addressed to our country."