Geneva’s parliament moves to ban protests during the G7 summit

Geneva's cantonal parliament wants to ban all demonstrations in Geneva in connection with the G7 Summit to be held in Evian-les-Bains, France, from June 15 to 17. The reason: the risk of disorder, damage to property and violence, as occurred on the fringes of the 2003 G8 summit. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox On Friday, the right-wing parliamentary majority urgently adopted two resolutions to this effect. The Radical-Liberal Party resolution calls on the Council of State to ban all demonstrations in the canton for eight days, between 11 and 19 June. The Libertés et Justice Sociale (Social Justice and Freedoms, a Geneva cantonal party) motion goes even further, calling for a five-day "security truce" before and after the summit, i.e. from 10 to 22 June. "The idea is to restrict the right to demonstrate in view of this major event, which is already mobilising the police to provide security for the delegations passing through Geneva", explained ...