German authorities are banning protests in Berlin weeks after massive demonstrations against coronavirus restrictions filled the streets of the capital city.

Andreas Geisel, Berlin’s top security official, said on Wednesday that the need to counter the spread of the coronavirus had forced officials in the country to revise the rights of citizens to protest.

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