Dutch government urges public to observe curfew despite court ruling Judges find measure aimed at restricting spread of coronavirus lacks legal basis
Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 12:16 Updated: Tue, Feb 16, 2021, 17:14
Skaters gather on ice on the canals at Prinsengracht, Amsterdam. A Dutch court has ordered the government to scrap a curfew, running from 9pm to 4.30am daily, aimed at slowing to seek the spread of Covid-19. Photoraph: Evert Elzinga/AFP via Getty Images.
The Netherlands’s caretaker government has appealed to the public to continue to observe its controversial overnight curfew aimed at preventing a third wave of coronavirus – after a court ruled on Tuesday that it was illegal and should be lifted immediately.
A Dutch court ordered the government Tuesday to end the curfew it imposed last month to rein in the spread of the coronavirus, saying the ruling coalition was not entitled to use emergency powers to impose the restrictive measure. Prime Minister Mark Rutte urged the public to continuing staying home during the 9 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. curfew hours pending the result of the appeal, saying the curfew "is a means, not an end.” In a written statement, The Hague District Court called the curfew a “far-reaching violation of the right to freedom of movement and privacy” that also indirectly curtails the rights of freedom of assembly and demonstration.
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