G8 summit, Heiligendamm, Germany
The police authority in Rostock – and not the demonstrators – are severely damaging the reputation of the Federal Republic of Germany, warn the Committee for Fundamental Rights and Democracy in advance of the G8 summit on 6-8 June 2007.

On 16 May 2007, the police authority Rostock passed a general decree, curtailing the right of assembly on the occasion of the G8 summit. The fundamental rights of assembly and freedom of expression are also to be suspended outside of the 12 km-long fence – the so-called “technical barrier” – around Heiligendamm. Within the fence, fundamental rights are curtailed to an even greater extent. The rights of assembly and freedom of expression are also suspended in the area around the airport Rostock-Laage from 2 June onwards.

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