Who is Edi Rama's lawyer to launch trial against BILD?

“I just gave the procurement to German lawyer Mattias Prinz for the launch of a court trial on BILD publications! Let the German courts decide who is right and who is to blame. I do it because Albanians deserve to know the truth from the state's shadowless justice”, Rama wrote on Twitter.

Following this announcement by the Albanian prime minister has reacted to BILD's own journalist, Peter Tiede. He's been commenting on Rama's Twitter account where he asks: What are you accusing me of? Are you accusing me of publishing the truth?

German journalist Peter Tiede, following Prime Minister Rama's statement of the launch of the judicial process on BILD's publications, has indicated that this is crazy. According to Tiede, Rama has received one of the most expensive lawyers in Germany to protect him.

He already has at least one lawyer after all, one of the most expensive ones in Germany... but he has no more...

Meanwhile, he has campaigned for the cancelled elections... protected by more than 1,000 police officers...”, Tiede wrote on social networks.

From a quick online search for lawyer Mattias Prinz, it turns out to be a specialised name in the field of laws of reputation, slander, media and entertainment.

His résumé is rich enough to protect VIPs, including David Beckham, the Swedish royal family, Audi, T-Mobile, Volscagen, the Princess of Hanover, etc. Although Rama's indictment is unusual, since wiretaps are factual and any journalist who would have, would publish, what is posed as a question is who will pay the prime minister's lawyer? Its tariffs are very salty.

It's a 750 an hour fee. Edi Rama's monthly salary is estimated at 1500 euros.

Reaction from associations in defense of journalists.

Four days ago, 7 non-governmental organisations on a three-day mission to Tirana voiced concern that Albanian authorities are not meeting obligations to domestic law and international instruments to guarantee freedom of expression and media. Among other things, the report presented by them stressed that in the media environment in Albania there has been a deterioration of security, working conditions and access to journalists' information.

In pursuit of the widespread announcement of Prime Minister Edi Rama's decision to launch a legal process against German journalist Peter Tiede, who published in the German picture “Bild” surveillance files on 339 and 184, one of the organisations, “EPCPMF” reacted through a post in “Twitter”.

“ECMF” highlights that Rama addressing their delegation last week has indicated that “would not use criminal law against journalists, but will continue to bring civil cases against journalists in extreme cases”, while today has fallen into contradictions by bringing journalist Tide to trial.

Total mail entry EPCMF:

Albanian Prime Minister # Edi Rama has launched the legal process against @Peter Tiede. For our delegation last week, he said “would not use criminal law against journalists, but would continue to bring civil cases against journalists in extreme cases”. /Lapsy.al