Fridays for Future turns the climate demo into a peace demo
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Demonstrators try to prevent a vehicle from continuing its journey that had previously left the underground car park of the Russian Consulate General in Hamburg
Source: dpa
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Today, several groups want to demonstrate together in downtown Hamburg against Russia’s attack on Ukraine. The Ukrainian Consul General fears for her family at home.
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Dhe climate movement Fridays for Future has canceled its demonstration planned for Friday in Hamburg in favor of a peace demonstration for Ukraine. “Because of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, we decided to cancel our demo. Instead, we will join a peace demonstration,” the organizers wrote on Twitter. On Friday morning, the movement called for a demonstration to be held at Hachmannplatz in the afternoon (4 p.m.) instead, which was organized by the Ukrainian diaspora and other organizations, among others. “Come here to send a signal against Putin’s war of aggression and for peace and security in Europe.”
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According to a police spokesman, 500 to 1000 participants are expected. According to the information, the demonstration is moving from Hachmannplatz to Rathausmarkt under the motto “Solidarity with Ukraine”, where the rally is scheduled to end around 7.30 p.m. The Hamburg climate movement sharply condemned the military attacks on Ukraine. “We stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian people and the peace protests worldwide, especially the civil society resistance in Russia,” Fridays for Future posted. The Hamburg youth organizations of the SPD, Greens, CDU and FDP had also called for the solidarity demonstration for Ukraine.
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There had already been protests in front of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Hamburg on Thursday evening in view of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At the same time, flowers were laid in front of the Ukrainian mission. According to the police, around 100 demonstrators met with posters and Ukrainian flags in front of the Russian consulate on Uhlenhorst. Their signs read “Russians, wake up! Stop your war!” or “Peace no war, Mr. Putin!”. Some protesters also carried Belarusian flags. They distanced themselves from the ruler there, Alexander Lukashenko, an ally of Russian President Putin in the conflict. “Lukashenko is not Belarus” was on their signs.
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According to a police spokeswoman, around 250 participants met for another rally in front of the Russian Consulate General in the early evening. The left had called for this under the motto “No to war, no to the breach of international law by Russia”. “We reject war as a means of politics,” the party said in a statement. Russian President Vladimir Putin has made it clear that he represents aggressive nationalism. “We oppose that. Security and sovereignty of Ukraine must be restored.”
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An action alliance had called for another rally under the title “Against every war – for freedom, peace and anarchism”. According to the police, around 100 participants moved from Uhlandstraße to the Feenteich in the evening.
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The Ukrainian Consul General in Hamburg, Iryna Tybinka
Source: dpa
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Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Consul General in Hamburg, Iryna Tybinka, is worried about her family and friends back home. She comes from the western Ukrainian city of Lviv (Lemberg), said the 44-year-old. “My mother is staying there, my family members are staying there.” Unfortunately, there have been many explosions in the region. “We are all very concerned,” said Tybinka.
Like herself, the other employees of the Consulate General have many friends and acquaintances in the capital Kiev. “Our prayers and our thoughts are in Ukraine today and with our compatriots,” emphasized the doctor of economics.
Tybinka has been Consul General of Ukraine in Hamburg since September 2020. She is therefore responsible for her state’s affairs in four federal states, in addition to Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony and Bremen. According to them, around 25,000 Ukrainians and many other naturalized Germans who come from the Eastern European country live in the four countries. Hamburg Mayor Peter Tschentscher (SPD) wants to meet the Consul General on Friday afternoon to talk about the situation in your country.
