German Court Overturns Protest Ban - Tomorrow's Massive Anti-Lockdown March To Go-Ahead
Earlier in the week, we reported that authorities in Berlin had banned a series of planned demonstrations against the country's COVID-19 lockdown measures - claiming they were organized by "right-wing extremists" and would lead to the spread of the virus.
The city said it would deploy several thousand police around the German capital this weekend, citing threats.
Notably, the German city did not ban a June Black Lives Matter protest in which approximately 15,000 people turned out.
"We are still in the middle of a pandemic with rising infection figures," said Berlin Interior Minister, Andreas Geisel.Read more
"This is not a decision against freedom of assembly, but a decision in favor of infection protection," he continued, adding that Berlin should not be "misused as a stage for corona deniers… and right-wing extremists."
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