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98. On the other hand, where demonstrators engage in acts of violence,
interferences with the right to freedom of assembly are in principle justified
for the prevention of disorder or crime and for the protection of the rights
and freedoms of others (see Giuliani and Gaggio, cited above, § 251). The
guarantees of Article 11 of the Convention do not apply to assemblies
where the organisers and participants have violent intentions, incite to
violence or otherwise deny the foundations of a “democratic society” (see
Stankov and the United Macedonian Organisation Ilinden v. Bulgaria, 48 FRUMKIN v. RUSSIA JUDGMENT
nos. 29221/95 and 29225/95, § 77, ECHR 2001-IX; The United
Macedonian Organisation Ilinden and Ivanov v. Bulgaria, no. 44079/98,
§ 99, 20 October 2005; Sergey Kuznetsov v. Russia, no. 10877/04, § 45,
23 October 2008; Alekseyev v. Russia, nos. 4916/07 and 2 others, § 80,
21 October 2010; Fáber, cited above, § 37; and Gün and Others, cited
above, § 70). The burden of proving the violent intentions of the organisers
of a demonstration lies with the authorities (see Christian Democratic
People’s Party v. Moldova (no. 2), no. 25196/04, § 23, 2 February 2010).