Case: case_697

Atomic Facts:
[{"fact_id": "F001", "text": "On an unspecified date the Plovdiv Municipality started clearing the banks and the riverbed of the river \"Maritza\", which runs through the city of Plovdiv.", "source_paragraph": 6, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F002", "text": "The clearing procedure carried out by the Plovdiv Municipality involved the uprooting and eradication of trees and plant life that were blocking the flow of the river \"Maritza\".", "source_paragraph": 6, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F003", "text": "The applicant organisation believed that the actions of the Plovdiv Municipality in clearing the banks and riverbed of the river \"Maritza\" were in violation of domestic environmental protection legislation.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F004", "text": "The applicant organisation believed that the disorderly uprooting and eradication of the trees and plant life along the river \"Maritza\" would disrupt the biological balance of the river.", "source_paragraph": 7, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F005", "text": "On 18 April 2000 the applicant organisation informed the Plovdiv Municipality of its intention to hold a public rally on 19 April 2000 in front of the municipality.", "source_paragraph": 8, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F006", "text": "The aim of the public rally planned for 19 April 2000 was to protest against the Plovdiv Municipality's actions of uprooting and eradicating the river \"Maritza\"'s plant life.", "source_paragraph": 8, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F007", "text": "The aim of the public rally planned for 19 April 2000 included a demand that the disorderly uprooting and eradication of the river \"Maritza\"'s plant life be stopped because it was destroying important alluvial trees and the habitat of rare, endangered birds.", "source_paragraph": 8, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F008", "text": "In a letter dated 19 April 2000 the Plovdiv Municipality informed the applicant organisation that it would not permit the planned public rally to go ahead.", "source_paragraph": 9, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F009", "text": "The letter of 19 April 2000 from the Plovdiv Municipality prohibiting the public rally was signed by the secretary of the municipality.", "source_paragraph": 9, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F010", "text": "The full text of the Plovdiv Municipality's letter of 19 April 2000 read: \"We inform you that the Plovdiv Municipality does not permit the conducting of the [planned] public rally.\"", "source_paragraph": 9, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F011", "text": "Later on 19 April 2000, police officers visited the offices of the applicant organisation.", "source_paragraph": 10, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F012", "text": "On 19 April 2000, police officers obtained signed declarations from the leaders of the applicant organisation stating that they were aware of the prohibition on the planned public rally and would not organise the rally as planned.", "source_paragraph": 10, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F013", "text": "The applicant organisation did not hold a rally on 19 April 2000.", "source_paragraph": 11, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F014", "text": "After 19 April 2000, the clearing of the banks and the riverbed of the river \"Maritza\" by the Plovdiv Municipality continued unabated.", "source_paragraph": 11, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F015", "text": "On 26 April 2000 the applicant organisation appealed against the Plovdiv Municipality's prohibition of its public rally.", "source_paragraph": 12, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F016", "text": "The applicant organisation's appeal of 26 April 2000 was filed with the Plovdiv Municipality.", "source_paragraph": 12, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F017", "text": "The Plovdiv Municipality did not forward the applicant organisation's appeal of 26 April 2000 to the domestic courts together with all relevant documents, as required under the applicable legislation.", "source_paragraph": 12, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F018", "text": "On 7 June 2000 the applicant organisation re-filed its appeal against the Plovdiv Municipality's prohibition of the public rally directly with the Plovdiv Regional Court.", "source_paragraph": 13, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F019", "text": "On 21 June 2000 the Plovdiv Regional Court requested the Plovdiv Municipality to provide it with its file and all other relevant documents regarding the public rally planned by the applicant organisation.", "source_paragraph": 14, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F020", "text": "On 22 June 2000 the Plovdiv Municipality sent the documents requested by the Plovdiv Regional Court, with the exception of the applicant organisation's appeal of 26 April 2000.", "source_paragraph": 15, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F021", "text": "On 5 July 2000 the Plovdiv Regional Court requested that the Plovdiv Municipality provide it with the applicant organisation's appeal of 26 April 2000.", "source_paragraph": 16, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F022", "text": "On 5 July 2000 the Plovdiv Regional Court instructed the applicant organisation to deposit the required court fee.", "source_paragraph": 16, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F023", "text": "The applicant organisation deposited the required court fee on 9 October 2000.", "source_paragraph": 16, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F024", "text": "On 25 October 2000 the Plovdiv Municipality provided the Plovdiv Regional Court with the applicant organisation's appeal of 26 April 2000.", "source_paragraph": 17, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F025", "text": "At a hearing on 24 January 2001 the Plovdiv Regional Court examined the applicant organisation's appeal against the Plovdiv Municipality's prohibition of the public rally.", "source_paragraph": 18, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F026", "text": "In a judgment of 28 March 2001 the Plovdiv Regional Court declared null and void the Plovdiv Municipality's prohibition of the public rally planned by the applicant organisation for 19 April 2000.", "source_paragraph": 19, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F027", "text": "In its judgment of 28 March 2001 the Plovdiv Regional Court established that the prohibition of the public rally had been issued in violation of the provisions of the Meetings and Marches Act (1990), as it had been decided not by the mayor but by the secretary of the Plovdiv Municipality.", "source_paragraph": 19, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F028", "text": "In its judgment of 28 March 2001 the Plovdiv Regional Court established that the prohibition of the public rally lacked reference to any of the statutory grounds for issuing such prohibitions under the Meetings and Marches Act (1990).", "source_paragraph": 19, "section_path": ["THE FACTS", "THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE"]}, {"fact_id": "F029", "text": "The applicant organisation claimed that it was informed of the judgment of the Plovdiv Regional Court of 28 March 2001 on 10

Fact Mapping:
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Conclusion:
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