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The Leipziger Verwaltungsgericht (VG) has decided: The “lateral thinking” event scheduled for Saturday, for which 20,000 participants have been announced, will not take place on Augustusplatz as planned by the applicants, but will instead move to the New Fair. An elevator around the inner ring of the city was also banned. With its decision on Friday night, the VG confirmed the restrictions imposed by the city on Thursday and rejected the relevant urgent requests from the notifying party.
The lift around the city center is not possible in view of the current Saxon Crown Protection Ordinance, as only fixed mounts are allowed according to this, he said. “An exception to this prohibition should not be granted, also in view of the great importance of the legal interest of freedom of assembly,” the court said of the city’s argument. And further: “Due to the congruence of the stakeholders and the demonstration media, instead of making the elevator, it is possible to participate in the central event ‘Assembly for Freedom’ planned at the same time.
„Lateral thinking“I wanted to take up more space
According to the plaintiffs, the “Assembly for Freedom” was originally to take place on Augustplatz. However, as there is not enough space there due to hygiene requirements, according to the city, a move to the New Fair was ordered on Thursday. In a cooperation meeting, the notifier proposed to use more space around Augustusplatz, according to the city’s argument, according to the VG. “This would conflict with the fundamental rights of third parties in an unacceptable way” and would violate their right to “negative freedom of assembly”, that is, the freedom not to assemble or to stay away from meetings. “Therefore, it is out of the question to use the entire traffic area, including all pedestrian areas, for the meeting.”
The VG agreed that the motions of the city were explained: “Applicants generally have the right to freely choose the place of their meeting. However, they have to accept restrictions if the choice of location threatens public safety and order. This is the case here because the planned meeting place with its spatial extent cannot accommodate the anticipated number of participants, so a concentration of the crowd in the Augustusplatz area would be expected, leading to numerous violations of the SächsCoronaSchVO The number of participants, on the other hand, would restrict freedom of assembly.
OBM Jung insists on mouth guards
In addition, the court also confirmed the “obligation to comply with certain hygiene requirements, in particular that all participants wear a suitable mouth and nose guard” contained in the decision of the assembly authority. Mayor of Leipzig Burkhard jung previously expressed in Facebookthat the announced demonstration was “irresponsible, shameless, lacking in solidarity and high risk” in the current situation, and announced that “they would insist on a stationary rally and respiratory masks.” Otherwise, we will interrupt the demonstration. “
Ralf ludwig, Chief Attorney of “Lateral thinking“He announced on the night that he had a complaint against the decisions of the VG Oberverwaltungsgericht (ovg) Bautzen inserted. should also ovg reject wool Ludwig before Federal Constitutional Court Pull.
But anyway, some “side thinkers” seem unimpressed by the judiciary: in the appropriate Telegram groups and on social media like Twitter It is still claimed that the demonstration took place on Augustusplatz, and that people are called to gather there on Saturday.
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