Freiburg / Germany - 26/08/2017 Protests in Freiburg after Germany's Minister of the Interior Thomas de Maizière shut down and ordered raids on "linksunten.indymedia.org", a portal based in Freiburg popular with leftist readers and activists. The website was banned for "sowing hate against different opinions and representatives of the country," said Thomas de Maizière, adding that the operation of the site was now "a criminal offence."