Protests against corona rules in several German cities – journalists attacked
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Hundreds of anti-vaccination campaigners demonstrate in Berlin
– – In Berlin and other cities, opponents of vaccinations demonstrated against the government’s corona policy. Journalists were also attacked. Union parliamentary group leader Ralph Brinkhaus is calling for the measures to be tightened. – –
– In Hamburg, Trier and Berlin, among others, demonstrations against the government’s corona measures have been illegal. The police warned of a heated mood. Several members of the press were assaulted. – – – TThousands of people have demonstrated against the Corona rules in different cities. In Hamburg Around 5,000 so-called lateral thinkers and vaccine skeptics gathered, a police spokeswoman said on request. The number of participants registered was 2000. The demonstration, which has now been taking place every Saturday for weeks, was peaceful, but there were difficulties with keeping a distance. The motto of the demonstration was “The measure is full – hands off our children” and moved through the city center. A participant in the demonstration in Hamburg holds a banner that reads “No mandatory vaccination!” Source: dpa / Georg Wendt – – In Frankfurt The police broke up two demonstrations after serious violations of the assembly requirements. The participants disregarded the distance rules and did not wear masks, the police reported via the short message service Twitter. Around 500 opponents of the Corona policy had gathered in each case, plus counter-demonstrators. Also at a rally by critics of the Corona rules and a counter-demonstration in Trier the security forces were challenged. As the police announced, a total of up to 400 people from both camps demonstrated at times in the pedestrian zone. “We noticed at today’s meetings that the mood among the divergent groups is heating up,” said the police. It was thanks to the de-escalating, but also at times “very specific” action taken by the police that there were no attacks. Despite the ban on demonstrations, opponents of the corona measures are in Berlin-Friedrichshain took to the streets. The police spoke of a number of participants in the “lower three-digit range”. The demonstrators therefore illegally moved from Strausberger Platz to Alexanderstraße and on towards Frankfurter Tor and Bersarinplatz, said a spokeswoman. There were several arrests for violating the Corona rules and for resisting the officials. A journalist from the “Tagesspiegel” who filmed the protests on his cell phone was attacked by a participant. He snatched the smartphone from him. The journalist was able to get it back after a scuffle. The alleged perpetrator must now answer for attempted robbery. Overall, there were several attacks on representatives of the press, according to scene experts, among the perpetrators were neo-Nazis from Brandenburg, part of the “Division MOL” group, which is active in the area around Strausberg east of Berlin. Here you will find content from Twitter In order to interact with or display content from Twitter and other social networks, we need your consent. –
– – – Jörg Reichel, Berlin managing director of the journalists’ union at the Verdi union, told the Tagesspiegel that a journalist had been surrounded and kicked by a group after she fell to the ground. “Some known right-wing extremists were involved in the attacks,” said Reichel. “We are very concerned that the violence against journalists will increase in the coming months.”The mood is heating up, according to the police in Trier
Opponents of the Corona measures are demonstrating illegally in Berlin
