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Protesters across Germany denounce 'totalitarian restrictions'

5/10/2020, 7:57:28 PM


Across the country, they invoke the Constitution, which would see its article on freedom of assembly denied by anti-coronavirus measures.

In Berlin

Before the coronavirus epidemic, Attila Hildmann was known for his expertise in vegan cuisine which he lavished on social networks and on TV. In recent weeks, the Berlin restaurateur has turned into an anti-containment agitator. On Saturday, he was taken by police outside the Reichstag building, where he had called a rally demanding the abolition of all restrictive measures. More than a thousand met at his call this weekend in various places in the capital. " Do not give Bill Gates a chance ," read a sign, accusing the former founder of Microsoft of having spread the disease: a very popular thesis among the many conspiracy theories that flourish today.

"The people should not be afraid of the government, but it is the government that must be afraid of the people, " writes Attila Hildmann on his Telegram account, which has become their preferred channel of communication. At its 28,000

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