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Betreff: 	[Int-press-g8] Press Release: Lawyers Criticise Higher
Administrative Court's total ban.
Datum: 	Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:02:27 +0200
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Press Release June 1st 2007

* Star March: Lawyers criticise the complete ban by the Higher
Administrative Court (OVG)
* Demonstration Ban due to "foreign political interests"
* Coalition: "International Demonstration is not a single-file march!"

With court ruling  - 3 M 53/07 on 31/05/07 the OVG(Higher Administrative
Court)of Greifswald confirmed a general ban of the Star March.
The court has "no objection to a complete ban".
No demonstration can take place, neither in the 'Banned Area I' (fence + 200
metres security zone) nor in the 'Banned Area II' (altogether over 40km2).

Instead the protest is to be shifted to Kroepelin and Bad Doberan.
So on Bundesstrasse 105 (national highway) protestors may demonstrate back
and forth.

However, "it is not possible to carry out the demonstration at a distance of
six kilometres that might have any areal or content relevance to that which
we oppose", the Star march coalition criticised.

The simple fear that the German federal government's external relations to
'foreign states' could be strained by assemblies was considered sufficient
for the court. Protest rallies in proximity to the state leaders could be
perceived to be an "act of unfriendliness".

In the process both the court and police dispensed with evidence of actual
danger.
It was in 'foreign political interests that risks to all delegates should be
averted already in the run-up to the event'.

The 'Security Concept' has been demanded by foreign security agencies that
are not bound by the federal republic's  constitution. "The court is not
"bothered by this", criticised lawyer Ulrike Donart. "This is a dark day for
basic rights of freedom of assembly".

"I am apalled that the Higher Administrative Court has such little respect
for such basic protected rights, particularly with concern to assembly. With
this result the court has subordinated itself  to the partially cheeky
'order' and political security argument of the police.From this perspective
the basic right of assembly is threatened to fade into insignificance",
added lawyer Carsten Gericke. "Assembly Bans lead to infrations and police
violence".

"We will not reduce our international mobilisation against the politic of
the G8 to a single file march", the Star March (Sternmarsch) coalition
stated afterwards.Since October 2006 there have been calls to demonstrate
internationally.

The coalition has lodged a complaint with the federal Constitutional Court.


* Star March Coalition Contacts:Hanne Jobst, Matthias Monroy 0160/ 953 14023

* Further Information: Joint Press Conference of the G8-Protest Participant
Groups: June 1st,9am,
Press tent Stadthafen, Rostock.



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