Germans have right to protest during coronavirus pandemic: court

Germans have the right to hold political protests if they adhere to social distancing rules in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the country's Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday.The ruling falls short of a full victory for young activists who had petitioned the court after authorities in the western city of Giessen banned a protest planned for this week to denounce rules that bar public gatherings of more than two people.Pro-democracy activists in Giessen, in state of Hesse, say t