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Anonymous ID: 2cd101 May 29, 2021, 10:01 a.m. No.13783929   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>4015 >>4056 >>4173 >>4251 >>4352 >>4474

Anti-lockdown protesters take to the streets of Brussels on Saturday, May 29, to protest against ongoing restrictions aimed at curbing community spread of COVID-19.

 

Current measures have been relaxed in recent weeks in Belgium whose plan is now to reopen the nation fully from September 1 amid a step-by-step easing of measures and continued vaccination campaign.

 

A curfew imposed by the government, previously at the centre of anti-lockdown protests, has been lifted. However the use of facemasks in crowded spaces as well as social distancing measures and limitations on certain non-essential businesses are still in place.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxuWxMUq1Oc

Anonymous ID: 2cd101 May 29, 2021, 10:08 a.m. No.13783960   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>3992 >>4015 >>4056 >>4173 >>4251 >>4352 >>4474

Thousands of people have gathered in central London to protest against the coronavirus vaccine rollout and the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.

 

Those protesting against vaccines gathered in Parliament Square on Saturday. Many had travelled from outside the capital.

 

Some claimed the pandemic is a hoax while others carried placards reading “My body, my choice”, and protested against the idea of vaccine passports.

 

Several people set off smoke bombs and one launched a firework.

 

One man, who did not give his name, said he had come “because I want to be free and I want you to be free and the Government are lying to us”.

 

Another said she had attended because the press “are lying to us”.

 

By around 1.20pm, the crowd had started to disperse and head up Whitehall.

 

Among the crowd was television presenter and nutritionist Gillian McKeith.

 

She wrote online: “Show up today. Do not complain about freedoms being taken away if you are not showing up. Cancel anything else in the way today. You have to be there……”

 

Hundreds of Kill The Bill demonstrators also gathered in London's Russell Square to protest against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.

 

Proposals in the new bill include putting start and finish times on protests and noise limits. Under the new rules those who damage memorials could also face prison sentences of up to ten years.

 

The bill could also expand stop-and-search powers and includes an offence of "intentionally or recklessly causing public nuisance."

 

It is designed to stop people occupying public spaces and doing things such as hanging off bridges or attaching themselves to monuments.

 

The Met issued an open letter to those protesting on Saturday.

 

The police force “urged people to comply with the restrictions that apply to large gatherings.”

 

It comes after a large-scale anti-lockdown protest in London last month which saw two police officers taken to hospital.

 

Last week, seven protesters were arrested at a pro-Palestine demonstration in London.

 

Chief Superintendent Andy Walker said that despite arrests the protest went ahead “safely and without incident”.

 

He said: “We saw a significant number of people gather in central London to take part in a demonstration.

 

“Our policing plan was successfully implemented and I am pleased that the main event was facilitated safely and without incident.

 

“We reacted quickly to the decision by a small group to break away from the main protest and where offences were identified, arrests were made.”

 

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/thousands-join-antivaccination-protest-in-central-london-b937927.html