Verwaltungsgericht Düsseldorf - 25.09.2024
Case- Case number
- 18 K 3322/24
- Country
- Germany: Federal Republic of Germany (1949-today)
- Case Description
The VG Düsseldorf ruled that a restriction prohibiting the slogan "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" at a public assembly was lawful to avert an immediate threat to public safety under § 13 (1) VersG NRW. The court classified the slogan as a prohibited symbol of the terrorist organization HAMAS (§ 86a StGB) and the banned association Samidoun (§ 20 VereinsG), emphasizing that its use in the current political context frequently serves as an action directly in favor of these organizations. A concrete danger prognosis was justified by the organizer's and participants' demonstrated personal and ideological proximity to the dissolved and extremist "Palästina Solidarität Duisburg" (PSDU) as well as Samidoun.
VersG NRW § 13 Abs. 1 S. 1; GG Art. 5, Art. 8; StGB §§ 86a Abs. 1 Nr. 1 i.V.m. 86 Abs. 1, Abs. 2; StGB §§ 86a Abs. 3 i.V.m. 86 Abs. 4; VereinsG §§ 20 Abs. 1 S. 1 Nr. 5 i.V.m. 9 Abs. 1, Abs. 2; VereinsG §§ 20 Abs. 1 S. 2 i.V.m. 9 Abs. 1 S. 2
- Name of Court
- Verwaltungsgericht Düsseldorf
- Date of decision
- Sep 25, 2024
- Subjects
- Freedom of Assembly
- Freedom of Speech
- Prohibition of Symbols, Parties & Associations
- Type of Court
- Court of first instance
- Area of Law
- Administrative Law
- Year
- 2024
- Generated ID
- AFB2124-1342
- Geolocation
Latitude: 51.22132
Longitude: 6.77624
- Geolocation
- Existing