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Added on the 14/02/2022 15:09:21 - Copyright : France 24 EN
A few dozen protesters from the self-proclaimed "freedom convoy" gather on a parking lot on the outskirts of Brussels, as Belgian police screen traffic in an effort to stop the Canada-style protests from reaching the Belgian capital city.
Belgian police screen traffic at a checkpoint in an effort to stop a Canada-style protest convoy against Covid regulations reaching Brussels. Demonstrators in the self-proclaimed "freedom convoy" are seeking to head north to the seat of the European Union in defiance of a Belgian ban after a weekend trying to block traffic in France. IMAGES
Police are carrying out checks on the Paris ring road at the Porte de Saint-Cloud as convoys of protesters against vaccine passes inspired by similar protests in Ottawa begin to arrive in Paris with the aim of defying a prefectural ban on public demonstrations. IMAGES
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
The interior minister reported more than 30 people injured and said police detonated more than 4,000 non-lethal dispersion grenades as they fended off hundreds of protesters, some armed with machetes, axes and gasoline bombs.
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