Thousands of Germans across the country took to the streets on Saturday to protest against restrictions imposed by the government to contain the coronavirus pandemic, police and organisers said.
A man wearing a face mask holds a sign and a copy of the German constitution as people participate in a protest by the Alternative for Germany party against the government's restrictions following the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Berlin, Germany, May 16, 2020. The sign reads: free of fear!" REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Derided on social media as “covidiots” who risk causing a second wave of infections that could lead to a tightening of restrictions, protesters staged demonstrations at several locations across the capital Berlin and the surrounding state of Brandenburg. But city officials pointed to the need to respect social distancing rules and allowed a demonstration of up to 1,000 people.One group is Resistance 2020, led by a lawyer from eastern Leipzig and a doctor from south-western Germany who question official corona statistics and view the main political parties as constructs of an elitist rule.
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