Several thousand people gathered on Saturday in the center of London, protesting against the coronavirus restrictions persistent in the UK. The action passes against the background of the rapid growth of the incidence of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom. Transfers TASS.
According to the BBC broadcast corporation, before the start of the action, the capital police officers detained 12 people. They are suspected that they planned to create obstacles to road movement outside the procession agreed with the authorities. At the same time, it is not yet reported on the skirmishes of protesters with police officers, which sometimes accompanied regularly passing the protest action against restrictive measures. On Monday, five police officers suffered from the hands of the demonstration participants in which hundreds of people took part.
The accumulation of people in the center of London this Saturday was especially massive, since several large stocks were held in one day. In addition to the opponents of Quarantine, the eco -activists of the Extinction Rebellion movement (“rebellion against extinction”), fighters for transgender rights, as well as opponents of the disputed bill on expanding the powers of the British police came out. A lot of football fans also gathered on Trafalgar Square during the day. There organized a fan zone for Euro-2020 fans.