Ukraine, according to Omroep West, while about 40 people took to the streets in Eindhoven. Demonstrations also took place in Enschede and Hengelo, and another one has been announced via social media for Amsterdam on Sunday.
Demonstrators in The Hague have gathered in various places, including outside the city hall at Spuiplein and outside the Russian embassy. They are calling for the Netherlands to aid Ukraine and for Russia to be excluded from the international payment system SWIFT. Some signs also say the protesters no longer want gas from Russia.
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January 5, 2022
The Netherlands: Thousands gather to oppose Dutch virus measures despite ban
Thousands of people in the Netherlands defied a ban on assembling and demonstrated Sunday against the Dutch government’s coronavirus lockdown measures, gathering on a central square before marching toward a park in Amsterdam.
Read more at: Thousands gather to oppose Dutch virus measures despite ban | AP News
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August 25, 2021
The Netherlands: Dutch people protest against the arrival of Afghan refugees — police forced to intervene
Last night, a protest was held against the arrival of hundreds of refugees from Afghanistan at De Harskamp army camp in the municipality of Ede. Tensions escalated with car tires being set alight. The police were forced to use dogs to disperse the crowd.
Read more at Dutch people protest against the arrival of Afghan refugees — police forced to intervene – DutchReview
Read more at Dutch people protest against the arrival of Afghan refugees — police forced to intervene – DutchReview
June 8, 2020
The Netherlands: Anti-racism demos continue across the Netherlands, Eindhoven next up
Thousands of demonstrators took part in anti-racism rallies in the rain
in Utrecht, Nijmegen and Enschede on Friday and more gatherings are
planned for the next few days.
In Utrecht some 3,500 people assembled at the Jaarbeurs square near the main railway station, but officials used social media at around 7pm to urge people to stop coming because the space was too full.
In Nijmegen, demonstrators gathered in the Goffert park, where tape had been stretched out to show people where to stand at the proper distance from each other. Some 750 people had been expected to attend, but police photos put the number at around 1,000.
In Enschede, around 500 people took part in the demonstration on the Van Heekplein – the maximum agreed between organisers and the local authorities.
‘I was positively surprised at how many people took part,’ campaigner Mitchell Esajas told NPO radio. Esajas, who helped organise the earlier protests in Rotterdam and Amsterdam.
Read more at : Anti-racism demos continue across the Netherlands, Eindhoven next up - DutchNews.nl
In Utrecht some 3,500 people assembled at the Jaarbeurs square near the main railway station, but officials used social media at around 7pm to urge people to stop coming because the space was too full.
In Nijmegen, demonstrators gathered in the Goffert park, where tape had been stretched out to show people where to stand at the proper distance from each other. Some 750 people had been expected to attend, but police photos put the number at around 1,000.
In Enschede, around 500 people took part in the demonstration on the Van Heekplein – the maximum agreed between organisers and the local authorities.
‘I was positively surprised at how many people took part,’ campaigner Mitchell Esajas told NPO radio. Esajas, who helped organise the earlier protests in Rotterdam and Amsterdam.
Read more at : Anti-racism demos continue across the Netherlands, Eindhoven next up - DutchNews.nl
October 18, 2019
June 22, 2019
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May 21, 2019
EU Elections: Opponents of nationalism rally before EU vote
Tens of thousands of people opposed to right-wing populism and
nationalism have taken to the streets in European cities ahead of the
European Parliament elections from May 23.Demonstrations were held on Sunday in more than 50 cities in 13 countries, including Germany and France.
In Berlin, organizers say more than 20,000 people took part in the rally and marched on the streets for about two hours.
They oppose intolerance against refugees and migrants from the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere. They are also against nationalists who prioritize their countries' interests and claim that they should restore sovereignty from the EU.
One demonstrator told NHK that Europe should not be governed by ultra-right political parties that could try to destroy democracy.
Another participant said European countries should be united to solve the problems they are facing.
Note EU-Digest: During this past Sunday's demonstrations throughout Europe against the extreme right-wing populist parties and their leaders, including Matteo Salvini in Italy, Marine Le Pen in France, Geert Wilders and Thierry Baudet in the Netherlands, Jorg Meuthen in Germany, Nigel Farage in England, etc., it might be good, again, to remind voters participating in the upcoming European elections, that all these populists are Donald Trump 's buddies, who spend a lot of time talking nonsense, like he does, but have never achieved anything concrete in heir lives.
They are however masters in promising castles in the sky. Hopefully you the voter will not be seduced by these deceitful populists? Europe belongs to us all. Nationalism has never worked in Europe and has no place in the EU.
Read more at: Opponents of nationalism rally before EU vote - News - NHK WORLD - English
February 7, 2019
Global Warming - The Netherlands and Belgium: Thousands of students join climate protests in the Netherlands - by Michael Staines
At least 10,000 students have skipped class in the
Netherlands to join a major protest demanding greater action on climate
change.
It comes as thousands of teenagers in Belgium skipped school for the fourth Thursday in a row to join the protests.
Similar marches have been held in Sweden, Germany and Switzerland.
It comes as scientists yesterday confirmed that the last five years have been the warmest on record.
Organisers of this afternoon's protest in The Hague in the Netherlands said they were aiming to send a wake-up call to politicians.
It comes after the Dutch Environmental Assessment Agency said the national target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by next year - when compared to 1990 levels - was out of reach.
Organizers say the movement is gathering momentum with a global protest scheduled for March
Read more: Thousands of students join climate protests in the
It comes as thousands of teenagers in Belgium skipped school for the fourth Thursday in a row to join the protests.
Similar marches have been held in Sweden, Germany and Switzerland.
It comes as scientists yesterday confirmed that the last five years have been the warmest on record.
Organisers of this afternoon's protest in The Hague in the Netherlands said they were aiming to send a wake-up call to politicians.
It comes after the Dutch Environmental Assessment Agency said the national target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by next year - when compared to 1990 levels - was out of reach.
Feeling proud: an estimated 10,000 students marching through The Hague to protest climate change. #klimaatspijbelaars #KlimaatSpijbelen pic.twitter.com/kH6lcyxtdX
Organizers say the movement is gathering momentum with a global protest scheduled for March
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July 10, 2018
EU - Christian Community Wake-up Call - Trump visit - Join and encourage protests against Trump's visit to the EU and show that Christian revolutionary compasion is still alive and well
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| Bozo is in town, Please give him a "warm" welcome |
In the sense that he refused to be a narrow political leader that would just make Judea (todays Israel) politically powerful.
His mission was worldwide to benefit all mankind; leveling the importance of power and wealth.
He was equally compassionate and attentive to: women, tax collectors, foreigners inclusing Roman Centurians, Lepers, those crippled, those blind, insane Gentiles, Samaritans, Pharisees (though he brought some of them up short for their hypocrisy), Sinners, Rulers of the Synagogue, and very rich people, including Nobility.
Unfortunately
today his doctrine is only given "lip service" in many Christian
Churches around the world, in particular the US and Europe.
What has
happened to the revolutionary Spirit of compassion and involvement Jesus
spoke about ?
Case
in point. When in recent weeks the US government’s abusive and widely
condemned policy of separating migrant children from their families was
publicly criticized, the attorney general Jeff Session of the Trump
Administration responded, by quoting the New Testament writer Paul, who
in the book of Romans calls on people to obey the laws of the
government. Really?.
That this would have ruled out the actions of Jesus himself, was
seemingly lost on Sessions, as indeed was the fact that Jesus’s family
were forced to escape across borders.
Or the fact that Psalm 202.28 states: "The children of your servants shall dwell secure; their offspring shall be established before you", and as we read in Mark 9:42: "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it
would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck
and he were thrown into the sea".
But the Sessions incident highlighted the problem that Christianity has and
the problems that are still being created.
To put it bluntly: in
the 2016 presidential election a majority of practicing Christians in
the USA voted for the most racist and misogynistic candidate going, and in
so doing helping Donald Trump to the position of the most powerful
person in the world.
Against such a background it’s easy to forget that the movement
from which Christianity emerged was one that shared possessions in
common, renounced war and at least in some ways modelled more
progressive understandings of gender than was generally accepted in those days To use
some words that weren’t around at that time in history; human rights, democracy, pacifismt and pro-feminism..
Trump’s ‘America First’ ideology has many similarities with those of other dangerous nationalist- populists around the world..
Trump
has also not attempedt to conceal his admiration for other populist
movements around the world. He openly supported the Brexit movement, and
populist Marianne Le Pen's campaign in the French Presidential election
against President Emmanual Macron. He also hails authoritarian
'strongmen' like Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, and Vladimir Putin. He
obviously, secretly, envies their freedom of action, and
probably wonders why the restraints of this "bourgeois democracy"
continuously tie his
hands behind his back.
In the relatively short time period the current Trump administration has been in power,Trump pulled the US out from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Paris agreement on climate change and the Iran deal. He also withdrewn the US from the United Nations' top human rights body and plans to end NAFTA -- while his recently announced tariffs affecting the EU, China, Mexico and Canada, are on the verge of starting a global trade war.
These International actions, however, are only the top of the Iceberg, in comparison to the changes his administration has already made on the home front, negatively affecting peoples health, immigration policies, taxes, and personal freedom.
And now.... Donald Trump has arrived in Europe, arrogant and cocky as ever.
Check out your local press and social media for additional details of the Donald Trump visit to the EU, and where demonstrations will be held in your area---and please attend.
Trump's program which starts this afternoon July 10 in Brussels, where Trump will meet with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, before participating in high-level sessions with the 28 allies on Wednesday July 11. and Thursday July 12th at the NATO headquarters.
On the 13th of July he will be in Britain where he will meet Prime Minister Theresa May, Queen Elizabeth II and business leaders, before heading to the Trump resort in Scotland on Friday evening, where he’s expected to play some golf over the weekend.
The US president is due to spend his first and only night in London at the US ambassador’s official residence, Winfield House, in Regent’s Park. Over the weekend he will be going to Scotland for some golf and probably stay at his luxury hotel he owns in Ayrshire, the Trump Turnberry
On Sunday evening July 15, Trump will fly further north to Helsinki, Finland for a one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Given the backdrop of international trade tensions following Trump’s tariff increases; the litany of retaliatory measures announced by U.S. allies including the European Union (EU); Trump’s criticism of NATO; and close scrutiny of his administration’s links to Russia — some of these encounters are bound to be less congenial than others.
The role that we as individuals can each play is to join in demonstrations, wherever they may be held in in Europe.
You might feel this does not add up to much, but
together it can add up in
disrupting the US president’s hoped-for, and loved media PR opportunity, by showing an alternative to what he stands for.
But that is only a first step.
The bigger job is, after acknowledging the problem, to dismantle the scaffolding of
structural racism, and economic inequality, that allowed Trump to
get where he is today, and which allow comparable policies to happen in Europe and around the world.
If
you live or have family or friends in the areas where Trump is visiting
please pass this article along and encourage them to demonstrate.
Make Trump understand his Administrations policies are not acceptable in the EU.
July 5, 2018
Britain: Trump's visit to Britain faces mass protest — and a big blimp - by Alastair Jamieson
A 20-foot-tall inflatable orange baby with the face of President
Donald Trump will float over Britain’s Parliament next week, one of many
acts of protest planned to coincide with Trump's first visit to the
U.K. since taking office.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators are expected to march in London, Scotland and elsewhere during his trip, which takes place amid a growing transatlantic trade war and global dismay at the treatment of immigrant families at the U.S. border.
Britain is keen to reinforce its special relationship with Washington as it prepares to leave the European Union, a divorce that will shape the country’s standing in the world. But Trump's visit has already been scaled down after months of back-and-forth; the president canceled plans to open the new U.S. Embassy in January and his official state visit — opposed in a petition by at least 1.9 million Brits — appears to be on ice.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators are expected to march in London, Scotland and elsewhere during his trip, which takes place amid a growing transatlantic trade war and global dismay at the treatment of immigrant families at the U.S. border.
Britain is keen to reinforce its special relationship with Washington as it prepares to leave the European Union, a divorce that will shape the country’s standing in the world. But Trump's visit has already been scaled down after months of back-and-forth; the president canceled plans to open the new U.S. Embassy in January and his official state visit — opposed in a petition by at least 1.9 million Brits — appears to be on ice.
Trump will instead pay a working visit on July 13 for bilateral talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May, a meeting with the queen and possibly a round of golf in Scotland where he owns two resorts.
Mass anti-Trump marches have been more than a year in the planning, after May first extended an invitation for Trump to visit the U.K. in early 2017.
The largest are planned in London, where organizers of Together Against Trump estimate up to 100,000 people, including labor unions and rights groups, will march through the center of the city to Trafalgar Square.
The people behind last year’s successful Women’s March are staging a Bring The Noise rally earlier on the same day to end in Parliament Square, opposite the House of Commons. (You can already buy the T-shirt.)
A quieter but eye-catching protest is planned by Leo Murray, 41, who received permission Thursday to fly a helium-filled blimp of Trump as a baby during the visit.
Last month, the president said in a speech to the National Rifle Association that British hospitals were “like a war zone” because of stabbing wounds — an assertion apparently based on the comments of a doctor. "Knives, knives, knives, knives,” Trump said.
He has also been rebuked, twice, by May: in January, for retweeting inflammatory anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant videos originally shared by a far-right U.K. political group, and again on Wednesday when she called the separation of children from their parents at the U.S. border “deeply disturbing” and “wrong.”
“Trump is a disruptor in diplomatic relations just as he is at home,” said Meyer, the former ambassador. “He is deeply controversial overseas and anyone who bothers to read poll figures from the U.K. will see that public opinion of him in Britain is very low.”
Ed Milliband former Leader of the Labour Party as well as Leader of the Opposition between 2010 and 2015 noted in a Tweet about Trump: "He lies about crime in Britain, he lies about crime in Germany, he lies about and defends his cruel, inhumane, barbaric policy of separating babies and children at the border, a new low even for him, and in less than four weeks, @theresa_may will roll out the red carpet. Really?"
Read more: Trump's visit to Britain faces mass protest — and a big blimp
October 8, 2017
Spain-Catalonia: Tens of thousands rally in Spain to avoid Catalan split
Tens of thousands of people joined protests across Spain on Saturday
calling for an end to the political crisis that has rocked the country
since Catalan authorities held a barred independence referendum last
Sunday.
In 50 cities, including Madrid and Barcelona, thousands of people gathered under the motto "Let's talk" and called for leaders from Madrid and Barcelona to enter peaceful negotiations to end the crisis. Organizers urged the crowds at both sites to wear white T-shirts and not to bring any Spanish or Catalan flags.
Ninety percent of those who voted opted for independence, according to the official vote tally released by the Catalan government on Friday. But turnout was only 43 percent. The final figures approximated the preliminary results released immediately after the referendum.
Former Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez on Saturday joined calls for Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to invoke Article 155 of the constitution. The article is described as being "for exceptional cases only" such as when a region’s failure to obey laws "gravely damages Spain’s general interest." It has never been invoked before.
On Tuesday, Spain's King Felipe VI accused the Catalan authorities of "disloyalty" and said the central government needed to ensure "constitutional order."
Read more: Tens of thousands rally in Spain to avoid Catalan split | News | DW | 07.10.2017
In 50 cities, including Madrid and Barcelona, thousands of people gathered under the motto "Let's talk" and called for leaders from Madrid and Barcelona to enter peaceful negotiations to end the crisis. Organizers urged the crowds at both sites to wear white T-shirts and not to bring any Spanish or Catalan flags.
Ninety percent of those who voted opted for independence, according to the official vote tally released by the Catalan government on Friday. But turnout was only 43 percent. The final figures approximated the preliminary results released immediately after the referendum.
Former Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez on Saturday joined calls for Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to invoke Article 155 of the constitution. The article is described as being "for exceptional cases only" such as when a region’s failure to obey laws "gravely damages Spain’s general interest." It has never been invoked before.
On Tuesday, Spain's King Felipe VI accused the Catalan authorities of "disloyalty" and said the central government needed to ensure "constitutional order."
Read more: Tens of thousands rally in Spain to avoid Catalan split | News | DW | 07.10.2017
September 30, 2017
Spain: Hundreds protest against Catalonia independence vote in Barcelona
Hundreds of people took to the streets of the Catalan capital Barcelona
on Saturday, to denounce the upcoming referendum on the region’s
separation from Spain. The vote is scheduled to take place on Sunday.
Anti-independence protesters carrying Spanish flags gathered in front of the Catalan government building in Barcelona. At the same time, hundreds rallied in the Spanish capital Madrid, also to protest Sunday’s referendum.
Read more: Hundreds protest against Catalonia independence vote in Barcelona — RT Newsline
Anti-independence protesters carrying Spanish flags gathered in front of the Catalan government building in Barcelona. At the same time, hundreds rallied in the Spanish capital Madrid, also to protest Sunday’s referendum.
Read more: Hundreds protest against Catalonia independence vote in Barcelona — RT Newsline
April 30, 2017
US Trump Adm. Environmental Policies: Thousands join worldwide climate marches on Trump's 100th day in office
Participants in the Peoples Climate March say they're objecting to Trump's rollback of restrictions on mining, oil drilling and greenhouse gas emissions at coal-fired power plants, among other things.
In Washington, D.C., large crowds on Saturday were making their way down Pennsylvania Avenue, where they planned to encircle the White House. Organizers say about 300 protest marches are taking place around the country, and dozens more in Canada and overseas.
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Note-EU-Digest: the EU hopefully is prepared to act forcefully in what is becoming an ever greater increasing problem in dealing with the US Trump Administrations irresponsible executive orders and decisions, among others, those of combating Global Warming.
February 20, 2017
Spain - Refugees: Barcelona protest to support refugees draws thousands
Some 160,000 people have demonstrated in Barcelona to demand the
government allow more refugees into Spain from war-hit areas such as
Syria.
Marchers carrying placards and banners- many in the Catalan language - accused the Madrid government of dragging its feet over the issue.
They say it has not honoured its pledge made in 2015 to allow more than 17,000 refugees into Spain within two years.
Over that time, Spain has accepted only about 1,100 refugees.
Police gave the estimate of the turnout at Saturday's protest in the capital of Catalonia, organised by the Our Home is Your Home group, with many denouncing the government for not living up to its promises.
Protest organisers quoted by local media said that as many as 300,000 people took part.
Note EU-Digest: Bravo Spain ! Refugees don't come to Europe because they prefer it there. They come because their homes are being destroyed by war and bombs, many of these bombs are from our own Western military (NATO). High time to stop this stupidity and for Europe to get out of all these military adventures where nobody succeeds and everybody suffers.
Read more: Barcelona protest to support refugees draws thousands - BBC News
Marchers carrying placards and banners- many in the Catalan language - accused the Madrid government of dragging its feet over the issue.
They say it has not honoured its pledge made in 2015 to allow more than 17,000 refugees into Spain within two years.
Over that time, Spain has accepted only about 1,100 refugees.
Police gave the estimate of the turnout at Saturday's protest in the capital of Catalonia, organised by the Our Home is Your Home group, with many denouncing the government for not living up to its promises.
Protest organisers quoted by local media said that as many as 300,000 people took part.
Note EU-Digest: Bravo Spain ! Refugees don't come to Europe because they prefer it there. They come because their homes are being destroyed by war and bombs, many of these bombs are from our own Western military (NATO). High time to stop this stupidity and for Europe to get out of all these military adventures where nobody succeeds and everybody suffers.
Read more: Barcelona protest to support refugees draws thousands - BBC News
June 4, 2016
Suriname: Thousands protest against electricity, water price hike in Suriname
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Some protestors called for Bouterse to “go home” while others denounced price hikes for electricity and water.
The protest was organised by several worker’s unions and private sector organizations who have stated that harsher times are coming with another hike in the price of electricity coming in September this year and January 2017.
In a petition presented to speaker of the house, Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, the protestors claim that inflation has risen to 46 per cent, while the national currency is losing its value everyday due to an “incompetent monetary policy by the government”.
“Numerous public servants, pensioners, disabled persons and others who have become victims of the ongoing financial and economic crisis are serious financial problems and should be immediately compensated for the inflation”, protesters said in the petition.
Last week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a Stand-by Agreement of US$ 478 million to boost the government’s economic restructuring program amid a drop in commodity prices.
The IMF also announced that it will immediately disburse US$81 million as part of a two-year agreement.
However, Members of Parliament from the opposition voiced their anger in parliament on Tuesday, accusing the government of by-passing the legislative in its engagement with IMF to strike the loan agreement.
The restructuring program aims to strengthen Suriname’s public finances following a drop in prices for its principal commodities namely gold and oil.
According to the IMF the sustained drop in the prices of gold and oil has caused substantial external and fiscal deficits, and international reserves have declined significantly.
These negative external developments, combined with the closure of Suriname’s alumina refinery in late 2015, have pushed the economy into a recession. “Implementing the structural reform agenda is essential to ensure a prosperous future for Suriname,” the IMF said in a statement.
Read more: Thousands protest against electricity, water price hike in Suriname - News - JamaicaObserver.com
April 25, 2016
Turkey: Dutch journalist detained in Turkey for 'insulting' Erdoğan
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Police detained journalist Ebru Umar after she tweeted an extract from a recent piece she wrote for Dutch daily Metro critical of Erdoğan.
“Police at the door. No joke,” tweeted Umar, who also holds Turkish citizenship.
The Dutch Foreign Ministry announced it was in “close contact with” Umar following her detainment.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte tweeted he had contacted the journalist on April 23, as well as mentioning the embassy’s assistance on the issue.
The Dutch consular agent in İzmir appointed main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kuşadası district head lawyer Nail Özazman to defend Umar.
Umar was transferred to court with an arrest demand on April 24 following her proceedings in the security directorate.
A local court later ruled for the release of Umar on probation along with a travel ban.
Also on April 23, a German newspaper says a Greek photographer who was working for it has been turned back by Turkish authorities at Istanbul's main airport.
The Bild daily reported that Giorgos Moutafis was prevented from continuing to Libya on the evening of April 23. He had to take the next plane back to the Greek capital, Athens, on the morning of April 24.
It quoted the photographer as saying he had been told at passport control that his name was on a list of people who weren't allowed to enter Turkey, but wasn't given a reason why.
The reported incident comes days after a journalist with a German public broadcaster was prevented from entering Turkey. Chancellor Angela Merkel says she discussed that case during a visit to Turkey on April 23.
Meanwhile, a Turkish journalist was released on early April 24 in İzmir following his detainment for remarks about a prison head in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır during the Sept. 12, 1980, military coup period.
Police detained journalist and writer Ümit Zileli at his hotel after an arrest warrant was issued for him.
Zileli’s lawyer, Murat Ergün, said the journalist was detained for calling the Diyarbakır prison head a “torturer” during the Sept. 12, 1980, coup period.
Zileli was in the city to attend the 21st İzmir book fair. Ergün said that Zileli would attend the fair on April 24.
"Unconfirmed reports are indicating Dutch citizens of Turkish descent, together with other Dutch citizens will demonstrate in front of the Turkish embassy in the Hague sometime this week - to protest against the arrest of a journalist by the Erdogan Government , who is a Dutch Citizen of Turkish descent, and also against the blatant disrespect and abuse of basic human rights in Turkey, including freedom of expression".
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December 27, 2015
Kurds - 15,000 in Dusseldorf march protesting Turkey's crackdown on Kurds
Around 15,000 people marched in Dusseldorf on Saturday to
protest against Turkey's military crackdown against Kurdistan Workers
Party (PKK) rebels, local police said.
The marchers, demonstrating on behalf of Germany's federation of Kurdish groups, Nav-Dem, also slammed the European Union for striking a refugee "deal" with Ankara, promising three billion euros in return for holding back refugee flows.
A police spokesman said the turnout at the protest was far higher than the 7,000 people expected by the organisers.
After a ceasefire for more than two years, fighting resumed last summer between Turkish security forces and the PKK, dashing hopes of ending a conflict that has left more than 40,000 people dead since 1984.
Turkish security forces are currently imposing curfews in several towns in the Kurdish-dominated southeast in a bid to root out PKK rebels from urban centres.
Read more: Flash - 15,000 in Dusseldorf march protesting Turkey's crackdown on Kurds - France 24
The marchers, demonstrating on behalf of Germany's federation of Kurdish groups, Nav-Dem, also slammed the European Union for striking a refugee "deal" with Ankara, promising three billion euros in return for holding back refugee flows.
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After a ceasefire for more than two years, fighting resumed last summer between Turkish security forces and the PKK, dashing hopes of ending a conflict that has left more than 40,000 people dead since 1984.
Turkish security forces are currently imposing curfews in several towns in the Kurdish-dominated southeast in a bid to root out PKK rebels from urban centres.
Read more: Flash - 15,000 in Dusseldorf march protesting Turkey's crackdown on Kurds - France 24
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