'I want to breathe', a single cry for Floyd in the world

2020-06-06T20:54:52.628Z

From Sydney to London, from Tunis to Seoul, tens of thousands in the square (ANSA)06 June, 19:53 First floor 'I want to breathe', a single cry for Floyd in the world From Sydney to London, from Tunis to Seoul, tens of thousands in the square Photostory © ANSA / AFP WATCH THE PHOTOSTORY Photo Close © ANSA / AFP Close © ANSA Close © ANSA / AFP Close © ANSA / EPA Close © ANSA / AFP Close © ANSA / EPA Close © ANSA / EPA Close © ANSA / AFP Close © ANSA Close ...

06 June, 19:53 First floor

'I want to breathe', a single cry for Floyd in the world

From Sydney to London, from Tunis to Seoul, tens of thousands in the square

Photostory

© ANSA / AFP

WATCH THE PHOTOSTORY Photo

© ANSA / AFP

© ANSA

© ANSA / AFP

© ANSA / EPA

© ANSA / AFP

© ANSA / EPA

© ANSA / AFP

© ANSA

© ANSA / EPA

© ANSA / AFP

© ANSA / EPA

© ANSA / AFP

From London to Sydney, from Tunis to Seoul, from Turin to Tokyo. The whole world kneels, in a gesture now become the symbol of the protest for the death of George Floyd. From one corner of the planet to the other, tens of thousands of people took to the streets, challenging social distancing against the coronavirus. With many signs and slogans, in all languages, but with a single message: 'I want to breathe'. In memory of those terrible '8:46' minutes - a symbol that has become viral globally even on social networks - in which Floyd, immobilized on the ground, begged to be able to take air while the agendas pressed his knee to his neck. The word "Black lives matter", the name of Floyd scanned and the commitment to defeat discrimination and violence in Australia have challenged the anti-Covid rules, with demonstrations, from Sydney to Melbourne, which were initially prohibited by the authorities .

"It is time to burn institutional racism," echoed from a megaphone in London among the crowds in front of the English parliament building as rallies and processions to ask for "justice for all" took place in many cities in France. In Paris, demonstrators were blocked a few dozen meters from the US Embassy in Place de la Concorde by a massive police force. And while sit in and demonstrations also took place in Italy from Naples to Turin and the Atalanta players knelt during the relaxation, in Berlin the squares shouted "No justice, no peace". "We want justice! We want to breathe!" hundreds also shouted in Tunis while in Iraq 'I want to breathe' translated into Arabic is rampant on social media. In the capital of South Korea, protesters gathered for the second consecutive day.

Wearing black masks and shirts, they marched, escorted by the police, with dozens of signs: 'George Floyd Rest in Peace', 'Koreans for Black Lives Matter'. In Belgium, in Ghent, a bust of Leopold II, indicated as responsible for the death and mutilation of millions of Congolese, was vandalized with red paint and covered with a hood with the iconic inscription: "I can't breathe". Peaceful demonstration also in Tokyo. And while Bansky also dedicated his work to Floyd, there have also been initiatives in South Africa, Poland, Portugal, Holland, Spain to protest his barbaric death. With a single message: 'Black lives also matter'.

Share