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Around 50 political organisations and movements join protesters on Paris's Place de la République to condemn anti-Semitism after a spate of anti-Jewish vandalism and offences in the country. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and more than half of government ministers are expected to join the protest. IMAGES
Around 50 political organisations and movements join protesters on Paris's Place de la République to condemn anti-Semitism after a spate of anti-Jewish vandalism and offences in the country. French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and more than half of government ministers are expected to join the protest. IMAGES (completes VID1306380_EN)
A rally against anti-Semitism organised by French far-left party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) is disrupted by demonstrators carrying signs reading "Touche pas à la mémoire" ("Don't touch our remembrance"), in criticism of party leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon's stance on recent events. The protest took place near the site of the former Vél d'Hiv in Paris, where Jews were infamously rounded up and detained during the second World War before being sent to camps. IMAGES
Anti-government demonstrators rally outside the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem, demanding early elections and a hostage deal amid growing anger at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the war in Gaza. IMAGES
Dozens of protesters holding signs critical of the Kremlin demonstrate outside the Russian embassy in Paris, heeding opposition calls to demonstrate against President Vladimir Putin on the last day of the country's presidential vote. Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who lives in exile in France after protesting the offensive in Ukraine on Russian state TV, is in attendance, telling AFP they want to "to show all the world we are against Putin." IMAGES
Nearly a hundred people gathered for a demonstration at Place du Trocadéro in Paris to pay tribute to Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny who died in prison on February 16th 2024. IMAGES