Tag: demo

Demo derby set for Henry County Fair

Viola Boyz Demo Promotors will host the Henry County Fair Demolition Derby at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 22, in Cambridge, a news release says. The fair is celebrating 165 years in 2024, Pits open at 3:30 p.m. for inspection. Grandstand opens at 5:30 p.m. and grandstand admission is $10. (Viola Boyz Demo Promotors) Pit passes […]

Thunberg at climate, pro-Palestinian demo on fringes of Bonn UN talks

The Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg took part in a protest in Bonn in which participants demanded action against climate change and denounced Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip. The Kick Big Polluters Out demonstration was organized by a collective of climate justice and human rights groups. In addition to climate demands, pro-Palestinian chants […]

German court blocks right-wing demo at site of police officer killing

Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party will not be allowed to demonstrate on Friday evening on Mannheim’s market square where a police officer was stabbed to death a week ago. The ban follows a decision by the Administrative Court of Baden-Württemberg, the highest administrative court in the south-west state. The court upheld an appeal […]

German minister dismisses Islamist claims ahead of Hamburg demo

German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann has dismissed Islamist support for the caliphate as a form of rule as absurd, but does not necessarily consider it a judicial issue in Germany. His comments came ahead of an Islamist demonstration in Hamburg later on Saturday, called by the organization Muslim Interaktiv, and in the wake of controversy […]

Hamburg Islamist demo hard to accept

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser called for police to act vigorously if crimes are committed during political demonstrations. Faeser was speaking after a rally by more than 1,000 Islamists in Hamburg on Saturday, which passed off peacefully, but where allegations of anti-Islamic policies and an anti-Islam media campaign in Germany were heard. Some carried posters […]