Court over-rules ban on protests near G8 summit venue

Schwerin, Germany (dpa) – A German court Friday over-ruled a police ban on protests within 5 kilometres of a fence around next month’s G8 summit in the German beach resort of Heiligendamm.

The administration tribunal in the state capital of Schwerin only upheld a ban on demonstrations within 200 metres of a welded-mesh steel fence temporarily thrown up around the summit hotel.

Police had earlier told anti-globalization groups that unauthorized protest in a zone 5 to 10 kilometres from the fence would be prevented. That ban was criticized by German politicans.

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