100_127 substantive_scope 127. <37> The applicants argued that the fact that they were fined for organising and/or participating at the CDPP gatherings amounted to a breach of their right to freedom of assembly as guaranteed by Article 11 of the Convention. According to them, the present case was to be distinguished from Ziliberberg v. Moldova ((dec.), no. 61821/00, 4 May 2004) because the CDPP gatherings were peaceful, they concerned a matter of major public interest and contributed to a public debate, and that the highest fines possible under the law had been applied to them.