Protests against lockdown measures against Corona are spreading around the world
The circle of protests and angry demonstrations has been expanding in the countries of the world against the closure measures taken by many governments due to the significant increase in Coronavirus infections in recent weeks.
Demonstrators in countries around the world oppose these closures due to their devastating economic and life effects on them and question their feasibility.
The closures prompted the protesters to go out to the streets in many cities in the world in protest against those restrictions and denouncing the excessive violence by the police forces.
On March 21st, the British city of Bristol witnessed massive demonstrations in which thousands of people participated.
The protesters denounced a government bill in Parliament that gives the police new powers to impose restrictions on street protests, especially those that violate the precautionary measures and restrictions imposed by the government to confront the Corona virus.
The British police arrested 36 people while they dispersed a demonstration in which thousands participated in the capital, London, to demand the easing of Corona restrictions.
The British city of Manchester witnessed similar demonstrations in which hundreds of people gathered outside the National Museum of Football before they went to the police command.
In France, the police force dispersed thousands of demonstrators on March 21st near the port of Marseille, in the south of the country.
About 6,500 people in various outfits, most of them young people, and without masks in Marseille,demonstrated defying the health restrictions imposed to combat the Corona epidemic.
3 days ago, France had re-imposed closure measures in part due to the sharp rise in infections of Coronavirus in recent weeks, and about 21 million French people in 16 regions, including the capital, Paris, will be subject to closure restrictions.
In Germany, clashes took place between police and thousands of protesters in the city of Kassel, in the center of the country, after they tried to overcome the imposed security barriers.
The clashes took place when protesters who were in a square in the city center tried to break a security cordon to join other demonstrators. The police used force with batons and water cannons to disperse theprotesters.
In the German capital Berlin, the authorities mobilized about 1,800 police officers to disperse any potential protests, while several other German cities witnessed such demonstrations at the end of last week.
In response to those demonstrations, German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to meet on March 22nd with officials of the 16 German provinces to decide on possible new measures.
In Switzerland, about 8,000 people demonstrated in the city of Listel and other cities to demand an end to anti-Coronavirus measures, as the protesters, many of whom did not wear masks, raised banners that read “Enough” and “Vaccine kills” and “Let love not fear guide us.
In the Austrian capital Vienna, about a thousand people demonstrated in the city’s streets, and the police dispersed them by force.
The Bulgarian capital, Sofia, witnessed a demonstration against the restrictions and procedures, which included about 500 people.
In the Netherlands, the Dutch police dispersed hundreds of people on March 21st , who gathered in Amsterdam in the Museum Square to protest against the continued restrictions imposed by the government to limit the spread of the Corona virus through water hoses.
In Finland, the police announced that about 400 people demonstrated in the capital, Helsinki, to protest against the restrictions imposed by the government to confront Corona, and smaller demonstrations were organized in other Finnish cities.
More than a thousand people in Romania demonstrated against vaccination in the streets of the capital, Bucharest, chanting slogans such as “prevent vaccination” and “freedom”.
And 20 countries in the European Union recently announced a high rate of infection with the Coronavirus, while 15 other countries indicated that admission to hospital or intensive care increased, according to what the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control revealed.
In Canada, thousands of protesters from all over the western province of Alberta defied Corona restrictions and gathered at Princess Island Park in the city of Calgary to protest against Corona restrictions.
More than a thousand residents of Montreal, in the Canadian province of Quebec, also participated in protests against the restrictions, and four people were arrested.
In Australia, several cities, including Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, witnessed protests during the past days against the closure measures, and protesters raised slogans such as “It is my body” and “It is my choice.”
It is noteworthy that the new Corona virus has killed more than two million and 727 thousand people around the world since its appearance in December 2019.
The total number of infections has reached 123. 839.003, according to the latest statistics of the American World Meters site.
O. al-Mohammad / Inas Abdulkareem