Budapest Police Chief Bans Obstruction Of Bridges
- 5 Apr 2017 1:00 AM
Budapest’s police chief has banned demonstrators from blocking the city’s bridges, according to a statement on the city police’s website police.hu. In a final ruling citing the law on the right of assembly, Budapest police chief Gábor Bucsek said that such a demonstration would obstruct traffic between the two sides of the city and would therefore breach the rights of the citizens.
A private individual requested the right to block all Budapest bridges from Wednesday morning till Thursday 1pm, the statement said.
Amid a substantial police presence and media attention, a few demonstrators gathered at 8am on Wednesday morning at the Pest end of the Szabadság bridge. The bridge was not closed down.
Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.
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