If officially the participants gathered to defend their freedom, Sunday's demonstration in Madrid looked more like a gathering of conspirators. To the cries of "Freedom! "And under signs proclaiming among other things" The virus does not exist "or" The mask kills ", hundreds of people marched to protest against the compulsory wearing of the mask and other restrictions imposed to fight against the coronavirus pandemic .
"What lies"
The crowd, mobilized by social networks, gathered under the giant Spanish flag that decorates Colon Square, in the center of the capital. Pilar Martin, a 58-year-old housewife from Zaragoza, said she came to protest because she believed governments around the world were exaggerating the numbers of those infected in order to restrict public freedoms. “They force us to wear masks, they want to confine us. These are all lies, ”she said.
Many protesters did not wear masks, although this is mandatory in public in Spain. The wearing of a mask was first imposed in early May in public transport and then was expanded in a country where the death toll is approaching 29,000.
The protest comes two days after the government announced new restrictions, including closing nightclubs and banning smoking where it is impossible to stand within two meters of each other.
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