Reporters Without Borders deplores "hostility" in the East

Protection by security services and police needed

The organization also evaluated other studies for its analysis: According to these, local journalists in Saxony and Thuringia in particular are exposed to "extreme hostility" when researching the far-right milieu. According to a study by the "European Center for Press and Media Freedom" and the Federal Association of Digital Publishers and Newspaper Publishers, two thirds of those surveyed reported "physical attacks, including threats of violence and death sent to private addresses".

According to a TU Dresden research project, press representatives were only able to report on right-wing extremist Monday protests in East Germany "at considerable risk". Journalists had to rely on protection from private security forces or the police. Only a few journalists would go to activities of the far-right scene "without a solid protection concept".