Two writers have been accused of conspiracy in the wake of distributed data about Germany's insight office.
Prior in 2015, Markus Beckedahl and Andre Meister are asserted to have spilled insights about observation innovation utilized by one of Germany's spy offices.
Beforehand, charges had been brought against the wellsprings of the material.
In Germany the greatest discipline is 15 years in jail, however extreme cases could convey a lifelong incarceration.
A representative for the German lawyer general affirmed to the BBC that Mr Beckedahl and Mr Meister had been charged on suspicion of treachery.
Mr Beckedahl told the BBC that the charges identify with two articles distributed on Netzpolitik.org in February and April.
"In the spring we had two articles about the inside mystery administration getting more assets for building up mass reconnaissance and following online clients on informal organizations and we likewise distributed some unique archives indicating they are getting more assets," he said.
One of the articles talked about arrangements by the German residential mystery administration to screen online visits on administrations including Facebook.
Mr Beckedahl, proofreader in-head of Netzpolitik, included that until he was charged, he trusted that he and Mr Meister, who composed the stories, would be secured by press flexibility laws in Germany as just their mysterious sources had been charged.
"It's disregarding my press opportunity and it's a demonstration of intimidation against our work," he said.
"We're concentrating on human rights and particularly the subjects on mass observation.
"It appears that our work isn't loved by the administration and now they are battling us with the courts."
There are two classifications of injustice in Germany, "Hochverrat", which respects outer assaults on the state and "Landesverrat", which infers inner secret activities against the state.
The charges against Mr Beckedahl and Mr Meister fall under the classification of Landesverrat.
