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No social distancing in Bern: this is how the police react to anti-blockade demonstrations
Hundreds of people demonstrated in various Swiss cities on Saturday against measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Where was it demonstrated?
Most of the people gathered in Bern to an unauthorized demonstration. At Bundesplatz and in the Bärenplatz Several hundred people were found in the center of Bern, including numerous people from risk groups, as well as families and children. The protest was mainly directed against the crown measures, which are supposed to violate fundamental rights.
Also in the Sechseläutenplatz at City of zurich More than a hundred people gathered on Saturday afternoon. Among other things, the protesters called for the emergency measures to be lifted.
At Basel Market Square He wanted to draw the attention of around a hundred people to fundamental rights during the crown crisis. Participants were divided into small groups and kept the minimum distance.
How did the police react?
Accumulations Currently, more than five people are not allowed by Federal Council Covid Ordinance 19. The implementation of the basic law on the prohibition of gathering people is not without controversy. Then there were different reactions from the police at the site.
The summary compiled by the SDA news agency or from police press releases:
- Bern City: Police refrained from violent dissolution due to children and high-risk people, instead using loudspeakers to call protesters to end the rally. The announcements were recognized with whistling concerts and boos. When leaving, some participants clung to the shoulders, the distance rules were barely observed.
- Zurich Police say no directions or buses have been spoken. Protesters had been repeatedly asked with loudspeaker announcements to leave the plaza.
- Basel The police did not intervene, the protesters divided into small groups and kept the minimum distance. At around 3:15 p.m., the assembly broke up.
What does the policy say?
The Bern Security Director Reto Nause Speaking to the Keystone-SDA news agency, he said he was “irritated” by the behavior of the protesters. “From an epidemiological point of view, my heart is bleeding.” People would have embraced and messed up the rules. He assumed there were new infections.
Nause is criticized for his line regarding an alleged “rally ban”. In an interview at the beginning of the week, he said that according to his interpretation, not a single person could go through the city with a banner: “Because otherwise exactly what we saw on Saturday happens. Suddenly there are 15, then 35, then 500 people. The prohibition absolutely applies. Bern police officers implemented this and during the parliamentary session they did not even tolerate small demonstrations using mouth guards and keeping their distance.
The Zurich native was also irritated. Cantonal Council SP Nicola Siegrist. The young politician was expelled by police on May 1 when he said he wanted to get an idea of the protests. The fact that more than a hundred anti-lock protesters were allowed to walk on Sechseläutenplatz annoys him, as he writes on Twitter.
At Watson’s request, he accuses the police of “setting different standards” in the protests: “Small protests with face masks and the distance from the climate strike or May 1 are constantly being cleared. With large collections at high risk of transmission, you see 1.5 hours ».
(sda / hole)
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