Thousands defy ban in Amsterdam to protest against Dutch govt's Covid lockdown
India Today
A group of people in white overalls and white masks held up signs, including one that said: "It's not about a virus, it's about control" on one side and "Freedom" on the other.
Thousands of people in the capital of the Netherlands defied a ban and gathered Sunday for a demonstration against the Dutch government's coronavirus lockdown measures before police pushed the crowd off an Amsterdam square. Riot police in Amsterdam violently shut down an anti-lockdown protest today after leftist mayor Femke Halsema triggered an emergency order to stop the march. The Netherlands has been in Covid lockdown & gatherings of more than 2 are illegal. pic.twitter.com/AphZew85LI
The local government had outlawed the protest, saying police had indications some demonstrators might be planning to attend "prepared for violence."
