Germany: Call for boycott of an animal protection association in the Internet allowed
By Katrin WelkerOn 19 January 2016, the German Supreme Court Bundesgerichtshof (BGH) decided that a request to terminate the bank account of an interest group of fur farmers addressed to that group’s bank can be considered a legal call for boycott (AZ: VI ZR 302/15).
Deutsches Tierschutzbüro: Call for boycott of an animal protection association in the Internet allowed
An association, which advocates animal rights published an article on its website addressed to the bank of an interest group which represents fur farmers. In its article, the animal rights group asked the bank to terminate the bank account of the fur…