German court hands partial victory to G20 protest camp organisers

A G20 protest sign is seen in front of a row of police men during a demonstration against the ban of Hamburg's authorities of a G20 protestors camp in the Stadtpark park in Hamburg, Germany June 26, 2017. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that the city of Hamburg cannot completely ban a camp in a municipal park where more than 10,000 protesters had planned to gather during the July 7-8 summit of G20 leaders.

In its ruling, the court handed a partial victory to the protesters and said Germany's second-largest city - which argued that the permit request was not covered by the constitutional right to freedom of assembly - should revisit the issue.