Thousands join ‘Hands off Greenland’ protests amid Trump’s takeover threats
Al Jazeera
Copenhagen rally organiser says ‘world must wake up’ as Donald Trump threatens to seize self-governing Danish island.
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Denmark to show support for Greenland and reject United States President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to take control of the self-governing Danish territory.
Waving the flags of Denmark and Greenland, the protesters formed a sea of red and white outside Copenhagen city hall on Saturday, chanting “Kalaallit Nunaat” – the Arctic island’s name in Greenlandic.
Rallies were also organised throughout the day in the Danish cities of Aarhus, Aalborg and Odense, as well as in Greenland’s capital, Nuuk.
“I am very grateful for the huge support we as Greenlanders receive … We are also sending a message to the world that you all must wake up,” said Julie Rademacher, chair of Uagut, an organisation for Greenlanders in Denmark.
“Greenland and the Greenlanders have involuntarily become the front in the fight for democracy and human rights,” she added.
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