Scuffles in Berlin as COVID-19 sceptics defy protest ban

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Thousands of anti-lockdown demonstrators defied a court-ordered protest ban on Sunday (Aug 1) and gathered in the streets of Berlin, resulting in ...

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'No to the corona dictatorship': Thousands stage anti-lockdown protest in Berlin. (Photo: AFP/Paul Zinken)BERLIN: Thousands of anti-lockdown demonstrators defied a court-ordered protest ban on Sunday (Aug 1) and gathered in the streets of Berlin, resulting in scuffles with police.

Judges had banned several of its planned demos this weekend, including one for Sunday that was expected to draw some 22,500 people.The court said it could not allow the rallies to go ahead over fears that participants would flout rules on mask wearing and social distancing, at a time when Germany's infection numbers are on the rise again.

According to police, several thousand people turned out on Sunday, mainly in the city's western Charlottenburg district and the centre.

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