The court agreed with the plaintiffs that the square had not lost its status as a public area, therefore police did not have the authority to refuse to allow the protest.

The TEK also provided the information that classing the square as a “zone of operations” does not mean that nobody can enter it, only that one should expect an increased police presence.

Demonstrators were preparing to hear a speech last Monday at 8 p.m., against the amendment of the Basic Law and were to call on President János Áder to veto the constitutional amendment package. Áder was on a visit to Germany at the time.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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