Alerts | Verbal attack or intimidation by public (non online)

Life-size doll with “Covid-Presse” sign hung in Germany

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A human-sized doll with the inscription “Covid-Presse” attached around its neck and wearing a mask over its eyes reading “blind” was hung from a bridge over the Weser in Minden by unknown individuals. For weeks, protestors had been stirring up hatred against the local newspaper Mindener Tageblatt.

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