Etiket: Demonstrating
Great outrage in Italy: police officers beat peacefully demonstrating young people with batons
A heavy-handed police attack on young protesters sparked outrage in Italy last week. There was even an unusual condemnation by President Sergio Mattarella. The unions today called the ultra-conservative government…
Demonstrating farmers block border crossings into Belgium
Demonstrating farmers blocked several border crossings into Belgium late on Thursday evening. All three highways between Brabant and the Belgian border are currently closed. Photos show how the roads there…
Once again hundreds of thousands of people are demonstrating against the far right in Germany
This weekend, several hundred thousand people again demonstrated throughout Germany against the far right, in particular against the AfD party. According to the police, around 100,000 people were out in…
Trade unions and NGOs are once again taking action against the ban on demonstrations: “Demonstrating is not a crime, but a right”
The various unions ABVV, ACV and ACLVB are once again taking action against the bill by the federal Minister of Justice Vincent Van Quickenborne (Open Vld). They do this side…
What does NRC | think? Demonstrating for the climate is very understandable, but within the law
This is NRC’s daily commentary. It contains opinions, interpretations and choices. They are written by a group of editors, selected by the editor-in-chief. In the comments, NRC shows where it…
Demonstrating and sleeping for the Ter Apel azc: ‘We want everyone to have a roof over their heads at night’
Dozens of people sleep in the night from Wednesday to Thursday in tents in front of the asylum center in Ter Apel. As a plea for a humane reception policy.…
Banned from demonstrating at two symbols of Paris after riots and protests against Macron
At the end of two tense nights in which hundreds of people have been arrested and numerous damagethe Police Prefecture prohibited protests both in the Plaza de la Concordia, in…
Demonstrating in the Zuiderpark: ‘It’s a pity that there are few farmers’
It is somewhat like a festival in the Zuiderpark. The smell of bickering and chips wafts across the lawn. There are stalls with drinks (no beer), with merchandise (the newspaper…
Demonstrating is in the French culture, but this Frenchman goes very far: “I have already participated in about 1,000 protest marches” | Abroad
Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Reddé has been hoisting his large colorful signs at almost every street protest for more than ten years. In doing so, he embodies France’s enduring passion for demonstrations.…
Jonathan brings back student protests: “Schooling and demonstrating for the climate!”
“I call on all students to play truant this Friday and to demonstrate at the provincial house in Haarlem. For the climate and against Tata,” says 17-year-old Haarlemmer Jonathan Hiep.…