Overview

• The Hessian Higher Administrative Court upheld a lower-court ruling allowing the demonstration to go ahead, citing the high constitutional protection of assembly rights.
• The police announced a large, early and visible deployment to safeguard peaceful protest and to intervene decisively against hate, antisemitism and violence.
• Organizers anticipate up to 5,000 participants, with the event scheduled from 15:00 to 21:00 starting at Hafenpark and concluding at Roßmarkt along an inner-city route.
• The city had prohibited the gathering over an extremely tense climate and references to a June Berlin event with arrests and injuries, but the courts found the danger assessment insufficient for a general ban.
• Authorities signaled conditions for speeches to protect public peace, while Jewish organizations and several politicians voiced security concerns and a separate anti-antisemitism rally is planned for Sunday.