176_150 interference 150. <44> The Court has already found that the applicant, who was one of the rally’s organisers, was personally affected by the mayor’s decision to ban it (see paragraph 39 above). For the same reasons, the Court considers that the ban amounted to a “restriction” of the applicant’s right to peaceful assembly under Article 11 of the Convention. The fact that it was only the applicant who complained to the Court in that respect does not mean that that right is not in issue. The applicant was not proposing to hold a “solo demonstration” but to take part in a gathering with others (contrast Novikova and Others v. Russia, nos. 25501/07 and 4 others, § 91, 26 April 2016).