More than 5,000 people followed the call by the governor of a northern German state on Saturday to join rallies against a far-right protest in Hannover.
Lower Saxony's Stephan Weil had asked people to rally against a protest by the far-right NPD party, which is marching to intimidate journalists who have reported critically about the nationalist party.
To say it loud and clear: far-right agitation against journalists ... and press freedom are an attack on our democracy, Weil had tweeted earlier.
Hannover police had tried to ban the NPD from protesting, but a court decided late Friday that the far-right protest can go ahead.
Only about 100 far-right protesters showed up for their march while the more than 5,000 counter-demonstrators among them Governor Weil rallied in downtown
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