Thousands of people want to demonstrate against racism in Berlin on Saturday from 12.30 p.m. The rally at the Großer Stern with the motto “Black Lives Matter” came forward on the Facebook page of the campaign by Saturday morning more than 8,000 people, another 20,000 are “interested”.
At the beginning of June, 15,000 people had gathered in Alexanderplatz because of the killing of African-American George Floyd by a police officer in the USA.
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The demonstration by gays, lesbians and transsexuals for Christopher Street Day (CSD) against discrimination with the motto “Berlin Pride 2020” will take place around noon from Nollendorfplatz via Potsdamer Strasse, Wilhelmstrasse and Unter den Linden to Alexanderplatz. To be expected according to Facebook page more than 1000 participants.
The official CSD parade with tens of thousands of participants and various party cars was supposed to take place on July 25, but was canceled due to the corona pandemic. Today’s protest is an alternative CSD in which the corona hygiene rules are to be observed. (dpa)
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