Mass protests
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Bodson and Others v. Belgium, nos. 35834/22 and 15 others
Applicants’ criminal conviction for blocking a motorway as part of a strike.
Judgment
Eckert v. France, no. 56270/21
Applicant convicted and fined for participating in a demonstration (‘gilets jaunes’) despite an express prohibition of demonstrations in specific places and at a specific time.
Judgment | Legal Summary
Central Unitaria de Traballadores/as v. Spain, no. 49363/20
Ban on a demonstration organised by the applicant trade union for 1 May 2020, during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the participants’ readiness to demonstrate in a convoy of cars and wearing masks and gloves.
Judgment | Legal Summary
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