In Europe, Australia, Japan, and South Korea, thousands have demonstrated following the killing of Floyd in the US that sparked a wave of protests • Because of the Corona: in Thailand only demonstrates zoom
Thousands took to the streets across Europe and Australia today, and hundreds demonstrated in Tokyo and Seoul, in an act of support for protests in the US following the killing of African-American George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis.
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Global protests reflect growing anger over ethnic minority police treatment, which followed the killing of George Floyd on May 25, after a police officer who detained him placed his knee on his neck for nearly nine minutes until he died.
In London, thousands of protesters ignored the wet weather and crowded into Parliament Square wearing face masks and shouting: "No justice, no peace, no racist police." British interior minister Pati Patel urged civilians not to protest in the face of the epidemic, which has killed more people in the UK than anywhere else in the world outside the U.S. "I fully understand the desire and the right to demonstrate, but we are in a health epidemic across the UK," Patel said. For those who want to protest - please don't. "
In Berlin, the protesters filled the city square, while other protests took place in Hamburg and Warsaw.
In Paris, authorities banned a rally planned outside the U.S. Embassy and lawns adjacent to the Eiffel Tower. , Which is also close to the presidential palace.
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In Brisbane, one of several Australian cities where rallies were held, police estimated 10,000 people joined in a peaceful rally on Saturday, wearing masks and holding posters. Many were wrapped in Aboriginal flags, calling for Australian police abuse to be abused in Natives. In Sydney, thousands of people marched with a heavy police presence.
In Tokyo, hundreds protested against minority police abuse after a Kurdish man was arrested while traveling and pinned to the ground. The organizers of the rally said they are also marching in support of the "Black Lives Matter" movement in America. "I want to show that there is racism in Japan right now," she told Reuters a 17-year-old high school student who refused to give her name.
Dozens of foreign activists and residents gathered in Seoul, some wearing black masks with the caption: "Can't Breathe" in Korean, echoing George Floyd's final words as he lay on the sidewalk.
Due to the restrictions of the Corona epidemic in Thailand, activists on the Internet have requested video and pictures of people wearing black, lifting their fists and holding signs in support of anti-racist protests. Thai protesters intend to gather at a video zoom session on Sunday, watching 8 minutes and 46 seconds of silence - the time George Floyd pinned under the policeman's knee until he died.
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