(a) a public gathering place;

Defenders are targeted for participating or organizing public gatherings.

I'm not running a story about a public gathering--

The Public Order Act in Nigeria has been repeatedly used to deny permission for public gatherings.

Right to form associations and political parties and to hold public gatherings

According to the new rules, Jews are forbidden from attending public gatherings.

1) in the case such terrorist subversive activity has been performed in a mass demonstration or procession or public gathering, all demonstrations, processions or public gathering in any place will be prohibited for a fixed period not exceeding six months;

Bahraini law prohibits unauthorised public gatherings of more than five persons and public gatherings need to be notified to the Ministry of Interior twenty four hours in advance, as noted by FL.

The public is gathering around. Let me go.

Defenders have been prosecuted under laws that allow the executive to arbitrarily ban public gatherings generally, or at specified locations.