Pressekodex directive 12.1 – Reporting on criminal offences

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Directive 12.1 – Reporting on criminal offences

In the reporting of criminal offences, care must be taken to ensure that the mention of the affiliation of suspects or perpetrators to ethnic, religious or other minorities does not lead to a discriminatory generalisation of individual misconduct. As a rule, affiliation should not be mentioned, unless there is a well-founded public interest. It should be noted in particular that the mention could fuel prejudice against minorities.