German journalist Markus Beckendahl has said that the treason inquiry posed against his website Netzpolitik.org had not come to an end after the sacking of top German public prosecutor Harald Range.

The German government announced the early retirement of the 67-year-old prosecutor on Tuesday after he accused the justice ministry of interfering in the investigation against the news website. The site has been accused of revealing state secrets in its publications about plans to step up state surveillance of online communications.