Anti-lockdown protesters march through Dutch city of Utrecht
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Thousands of people have marched peacefully through the Dutch city of Utrecht to protest the government’s coronavirus lockdown measures
UTRECHT, Netherlands -- Thousands of people marched peacefully through the Dutch city of Utrecht on Saturday to protest the government's coronavirus lockdown measures.
Holding balloons, umbrellas and banners, including ones that said: “It's not right,” protesters watched by a large police presence moved from a park into the city center without incident.
Siebke Koopman said he was demonstrating against more than just the Dutch government's COVID-19 restrictions.
”The privatization of the health care and education, the involvement in the international conflicts that are nothing to do with the Netherlands, I think we must have more decision rights in those things," he said. "I think that demonstrating is the only way to show our sentiment peacefully.”
