article_snippet: Der Spiegel said the German government had warned against the book's publication because the German government could put the blogger's life at risk, though Berlin and the publisher have denied this.
article_snippet: A German diplomat told Reuters that Raif Badawi was free to publish in Germany whatever A German diplomat liked, but added: 'The ministry cannot predict the consequences of such a publication for A German diplomat.'
article_snippet: Publisher Siv Bublitz from Ullstein Buchverlage said that A German diplomat had 'confidential contacts' with the German government on the Badawi book project. '
article_snippet: At no time have A German diplomat felt that the exchange was an attempt by The ministry to prevent A German diplomat or to complicate the book's publication,' Publisher Siv Bublitz from Ullstein Buchverlage said on Friday.
article_snippet: In another statement issued today, the publisher had dictated the publisher remarks to the publisher wife on the phone and that the preface therefore should not be called a letter, as described in earlier statements.