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Kassel (dpa / lhe) - The Kassel Administrative Court has overturned the ban on two demonstrations against the Corona measures in the city.
The assembly bans are obviously illegal, the court announced on Wednesday evening.
The city of Kassel misunderstood the constitutional requirements of the freedom of assembly.
The demonstrations with the title «Compliance with fundamental rights and democracy.
For peace, freedom and solidarity. "
with 6000 announced participants and "Free Citizens Kassel - Fundamental Rights and Democracy" with 17 500 announced participants could therefore take place on Saturday (March 21).
The north Hessian city had banned the two meetings because of the increasing number of corona infections.
It can also be assumed that mainly members of the so-called lateral thinker scene will come, which is why, based on experiences in Kassel and elsewhere, it cannot be ruled out that corona-related requirements would be disregarded.
In addition, clashes with counter-demonstrators must be expected.
The applicants had submitted urgent applications.
The court now saw no extreme situation that justified a ban on assemblies.
There is currently no acute risk of overburdening the health system;
Lately fewer people died and the incidence is below 100 nationwide as well as in Hesse and Kassel. The Robert Koch Institute gave it on Wednesday for Hesse as 93.4 and for Kassel as 52.4.
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Instead of a ban, the city could have imposed requirements on wearing mouth and nose covers or minimum distances, the court said.
In addition, the city did not specifically explain why it could not guarantee the safety of the gathering with the help of external police forces.
The parties involved can lodge a complaint against the decisions with the Hessian Administrative Court.
Nationwide calls to come to the demonstration in Kassel had already circulated in the social networks - both from the camp of lateral thinkers and from the left spectrum.
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