{"id":4066,"date":"2025-10-23T05:25:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T05:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/?p=4066"},"modified":"2025-10-23T05:25:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T05:25:37","slug":"court-rejects-journalists-case-over-not-filing-original-signature-from-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunowner-news.com\/?p=4066","title":{"rendered":"Court Rejects Journalist\u2019s Case Over Not Filing Original Signature From Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A regional court<\/span> in Frankfurt, Germany, dismissed Palestinian photojournalist Anas Zayed Fteiha\u2019s legal action against German media giant Axel Springer, deeming the claim as inadmissible.<\/p>\n

Fteiha, supported by the European Legal Support Center, accused the publisher<\/a> in court of violating his constitutional rights by falsely depicting him as a Hamas propagandist in BILD, Germany\u2019s largest tabloid.<\/p>\n

The court dismissed the motion on formal grounds, ruling that Fteiha\u2019s lawyer, Ingrid Yeboah, failed to submit a valid power of attorney in its original form \u2014 a document signed by Fteiha \u2014 or in an electronically certified version, a requirement under procedural codes.<\/p>\n

The judges acknowledged that obtaining an original document by Fteiha from Gaza posed an exceptional challenge. They found, however, that these circumstances did not justify waiving procedural requirements and that Yeboah had not sufficiently demonstrated the impossibility of submitting the original form.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe applicant is in a war zone with closed borders and no functioning infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

The court also noted inconsistencies in the materials submitted as substitutes, including photos that showed different-looking signatures and variations in transliterations of Fteiha\u2019s family name. Videos and scans showing Fteiha in Gaza signing the documents, the judges said, did not convincingly prove authorization.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for BILD said the paper stood by the story in question.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Frankfurt Regional Court\u2019s decision is clear and leaves nothing to add,\u201d BILD\u2019s spokesperson Christian Senft told The Intercept. \u201cBeyond that, our portrayal constitutes a permissible expression of opinion and cannot be prohibited.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Procedural hurdles complicated the case from the start. German law requires submission of an original, signed power of attorney. Fteiha\u2019s lawyers had instead submitted videos showing him displaying his press ID and signing the authorization on camera, along with a digital signature.<\/p>\n

Another issue was the requirement of a valid address. Fteiha has been repeatedly displaced by Israeli airstrikes in recent years. Yeboah provided an alternative address. Springer formally objected to both the missing original document and Fteiha\u2019s missing address.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the ruling, Yeboah criticized the court\u2019s rigid approach.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe applicant is in a war zone with closed borders and no functioning infrastructure,\u201d she told The Intercept. \u201cUnder such conditions, meeting the procedural hurdles of an expedited proceeding was nearly impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n

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