AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): As the protests have continued in several cities in the United States for a second week in response to the killing of George Floyd by a policeman, on Sunday over 10,000 people gathered in Rome’s iconic People’s Square to demonstrate against racism and to show solidarity with the demonstrators in America.
The Rome initiative was called by a number of human and civil rights associations to support the Black Lives Matter movement.
During the protest, demonstrators, many of whom were dressed in black, chanted anti-fascist slogans, holding signs that read, ‘No justice, no peace,’ ‘Be the change’ and ‘I can’t breathe.’
While protests against the death of George Floyd are being held in dozens of countries around the world, in Italy some political parties and far-right groups have latched onto the coronavirus crisis. The aim is advancing anti-immigrant, white supremacist, ultra-nationalist, and xenophobic conspiracy theories against foreigners and asylum seekers.
The demo was also joined by hundreds of American expats who voiced their anger at police brutality after the killing of Floyd and at a threat by US President Donald Trump to use the force of the military to quell the protests in the United States.
A number of personalities hold speeches calling for an end to institutionalized racism. By the end of the protest, a minute’s silence was observed, with many demonstrators bending on one knee in memory of black people killed.
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source : Press TV
Monday
8 June 2020
5:22:10 AM
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As the protests have continued in several cities in the United States for a second week in response to the killing of George Floyd by a policeman, on Sunday over 10,000 people gathered in Rome’s iconic People’s Square to demonstrate against racism and to show solidarity with the demonstrators in America.