The right to demonstrate without interference from interior ministry upheld

The Constitutional Tribunal has ruled the right to assemble must not be limited by non-related regulations. The road-traffic bill which has been used by the interior ministry to prevent protesters assembling in Warsaw because they would cause traffic tailbacks and gridlocks is too general. A year ago the ministry introduced a law requiring organizers of demonstrations to give at least two months' advance notice. Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) filed a complaint against the regulation, saying it gives the upperhand to the authorities. The new regulation will come into force in a year's time. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page: 9) P.S.