Julian Assange Trial 2020
Why we give a shit about the Assange trial
The stakes for Julian Assange’s extradition hearings couldn’t be higher, so why don’t more people care? Our editor explains this trial's monumental implications for journalism and democracy around the world. Read more
Sep 11, 2020
1:16 PM
UN Rapporteur on torture: “Julian Assange is a political prisoner.”
We launch our coverage of Assange’s extradition trial by speaking with Nils Melzer, a UN official and professor of law who’s outlined the inhumane treatment the WikiLeaks founder faces. Read more
Sep 9, 2020
5:31 PM
The bad news about the Julian Assange verdict
A London court ruled the WikiLeaks founder won’t be extradited to the US, but the decision still raises concerns about the future of press freedom. Investigative reporter Stefania Maurizi talks us through the situation. Read more
Jan 18, 2021
Daniel Ellsberg: “Whatever Julian Assange is guilty of, I’m guilty of.”
A surprise verdict from a London court blocked Julian Assange’s extradition to the US. We spoke to one of the world’s original whistleblowers, the American whose leaks famously helped end the Vietnam war – and who testified in Assange’s defence. Read more
Jan 5, 2021
Reactions: The Assange verdict in tweets
We were at the London’s Old Bailey this morning, stunned and relieved to hear that the WikiLeaks founder would not be extradited to the US after all. Here’s how some of his high-profile supporters have reacted. Read more
Jan 4, 2021
When Roma were blamed for a coronavirus outbreak
We revisit Harzer Straße, where last year a Roma integration project in Neukölln generated a media circus fuelled by insensitive comments from local politicians. Read more
Feb 11, 2021
Megan's Megacan: Hessen In A Can
This week, the Megacanners visit the great state of Hessen, where the courts have just delivered two major verdicts, and the AfD is trying to pretend it's not full of Nazis. Time for an Apfelwein! Read more
Jan 30, 2021
Megan's Megacan: The Dawn of Armin
The CDU has picked Armin Laschet to be its new leader, just as the polar vortex shifts. Coincidence? And why can't Friedrich Merz be Economy Minister if he says he wants to be? Read more
Jan 17, 2021
Megan's Megacan: School's Out. Or In? Or What Now?
The Berlin education department ended a week of inglorious incompetence by u-turning on Friday afternoon at 5:20pm, after an all-out revolt from teachers and parents. Megan was fuming. Read more
Jan 10, 2021
Megan's Megacan: Hindsight is 2020
PODCAST! Megan and Konrad round up 2020 through the medium of a light-hearted quiz to try and make it more bearable. Read more
Dec 31, 2020
Megan's Megacan: Corona Christmas
PODCAST! Megan and Konrad drink G&Ts and Jim Beams and unpack the German Health Ministry's vaccine priority list. Read more
Dec 19, 2020
Hard lockdown: The updated rules
From Wednesday, Germany will enter a new, stricter state of lockdown. Most shops, hairdressers and schools will close until January 10, but “essential services” will stay open. Here’s what you need to know. Read more
Dec 14, 2020
The Mietendeckel is here. What next?
On November 23, more than 340,000 Berlin apartments became eligible for a rent reduction. As we wait for a decision from Germany’s Constitutional Court, a tenancy law expert outlines the different sides of the argument. Read more
Dec 7, 2020
Megan's Megacan: Teaching High School in a Pandemic
PODCAST! Konrad and Megan get their first German special guest! Kreuzberg high school teacher Mareike comes in to explain what it's like in a city classroom as the coronavirus rages outside and the Senat doesn't help. Konrad mainly eats Zimtsterne. Read more
Dec 5, 2020
Megan's Megacan: Old Shat In Her Hand?
PODCAST! The megacanners return with the end of a saga at the Karl May Museum in Saxony, yet another Nazi trial, and what's Berlin without the Böller? Read more
Nov 28, 2020
