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Post by Carl LaFong on Jul 9, 2023 9:08:34 GMT
attacking each other. Hundreds of German police have used batons and pepper spray to quell crowds targeting an Eritrean cultural festival in the central town of Giessen. The protesters were angry that the festival went ahead in Giessen, calling it a propaganda exercise by the authoritarian Eritrean regime. A police statement said clashes took place for hours on Saturday, and that 26 police officers were injured. Police arrested nearly 100 people and had to stop traffic in the town centre. The police statement said protesters threw bottles and stones at police, damaged some vehicles and ripped down fencing around the festival venue. They also threw stones at buses carrying participants to the festival, the statement said. Video on Twitter appears to show crowds of protesters engaged in running battles with police in the town. The town authorities had tried to stop the festival going ahead after similar unrest erupted last year, but a local court overturned the ban. Giessen has about 84,000 residents and lies roughly 50km (30 miles) north of Frankfurt am Main. The festival is organised by the Central Council for Eritreans in Germany, which is considered close to the Eritrean embassy. In recent years Germany has granted asylum to many Eritreans - they form one of the largest groups of African migrants seeking to settle in the EU. Human rights organisations have documented large-scale abuses by the authorities in Eritrea, including strict censorship, forced labour and military conscription that is likened to slavery. Anyone involved on either side should be booted out of Germany. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66145900
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jul 9, 2023 9:15:12 GMT
www.dw.com/en/germany-26-officers-injured-at-eritrean-festival-police/a-66165991Police said that they used batons and pepper spray but were unable to prevent the crowd from entering the festival grounds. The arrested around 60 people before the event. Around 100 people, some of who had traveled to the event from other countries in Europe, had been taken into custody by Saturday evening.Around 200 people took part in the rally opposing the festival. I’m betting it won’t be allowed to go ahead next year!
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Post by yggdrasil on Jul 9, 2023 12:39:36 GMT
If something like this was bound to rile people up, then surely someone should have thought of that beforehand? Why was the festival required? Why was it it allowed to proceed, was it something to do with Brexit? Where's Nobbi?
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jul 9, 2023 12:47:18 GMT
If something like this was bound to rile people up, then surely someone should have thought of that beforehand? Why was the festival required? Why was it it allowed to proceed, was it something to do with Brexit? Where's Nobbi? They held the same festival last year in the same place and exactly the same thing happened. Council banned it this year but we’re overruled by the courts. Daft decision.
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Post by ayatollah on Jul 9, 2023 14:07:05 GMT
Every single one of the Eritrean rioters should be deported.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2023 14:08:57 GMT
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jul 9, 2023 14:43:24 GMT
I don't see what's wrong with that suggestion. Why should Germany look after them if they abuse its hospitality in such an egregious fashion?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2023 14:44:20 GMT
I don't see what's wrong with that suggestion. Why should Germany look after them if they abuse its hospitality in such an egregious fashion? Because they have rights.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jul 9, 2023 14:44:57 GMT
I don't see what's wrong with that suggestion. Why should Germany look after them if they abuse its hospitality in such an egregious fashion? Because they have rights. To throw rocks at police officers?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2023 14:46:06 GMT
Because they have rights. To throw rocks at police officers? There is criminal law and assemblance law for that
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jul 9, 2023 14:51:37 GMT
To throw rocks at police officers? There is criminal law and assemblance law for that Hopefully they have the powers to recommend deportation at the end of any sentence.
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jul 9, 2023 15:17:11 GMT
I don't see what's wrong with that suggestion. Why should Germany look after them if they abuse its hospitality in such an egregious fashion? Because they have rights. They have the right to be beaten to shit and thrown out if they break the law.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2023 15:24:52 GMT
Because they have rights. They have the right to be beaten to shit and thrown out if they break the law. Not really, Monkeys.
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Jul 9, 2023 15:57:55 GMT
They have the right to be beaten to shit and thrown out if they break the law. Not really, Monkeys. Sadly not.
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