Several European cities are witnessing today, Sunday, demonstrations in support of the protest movement in the United States against what the demonstrators describe as police violence and systematic racism against ethnic minorities.
In London, thousands began to respond to the activists' call to gather in front of the American embassy this afternoon (four o'clock in Mecca Mecca time) at a time when the cities of Manchester, Bristol, Watford, Edinburgh and Glasgow are witnessing similar invitations, as the demonstrators chanted "The United Kingdom is not innocent."
Health Minister Matt Hancock renewed his appeals to the demonstrators not to participate in large gatherings, considering that the country is still undergoing a public health crisis and that these demonstrations may lead to an increase in the spread of the Corona virus.
He added in a press statement, "I strongly support the protesters' calls ... but the virus itself does not distinguish, and gathering in large numbers violates the regulations completely."
Interior Minister Priti Patel said that violence against the police is totally unacceptable, confirming her full support to them in facing any disorderly behavior, she said.
The capital's police chief, Cressida Dick, expressed her grief after 14 policemen were injured in what she called "shocking attacks" during clashes with a minority of protesters yesterday in front of the government headquarters.
Despite the Corona virus crisis, thousands poured into the streets of the Italian capital, Rome, in anger at racism and "unjustified" police violence in the United States following the death of George Floyd at the hands of a policeman.
On the main square of Turin in the north of the country, young men stood for eight minutes silent.
In Paris, thousands ignored the authorities ’warnings against gathering to prevent infection, raising slogans calling for equality and ending racism against citizens of African descent, and achieving justice in the case of Adama Traore, who was killed by the police during his 2016 arrest attempt.
The scenes are still in France, where the end of the gathering in the city of Metz was characterized by clashes, during which the city's deputy general was slightly injured.
And to Germany, where thousands are demonstrating across the country, Bayern Munich players also expressed solidarity during their warm-up exercises and wrote on their shirts "a red card against racism ... the lives of blacks are important" ahead of their match with Leverkusen.
On the other hand, Spanish cities witnessed several anti-racist protests today, and protesters gathered in front of the American Embassy building in Madrid - amid a heavy security spread - and chanted slogans calling for an end to racial discrimination on the basis of identity and color that they say is not practiced in the United States only, but is a global issue .
In Denmark, thousands of people took part in a demonstration in the capital, Copenhagen, at the invitation of the branch of the Movement for a Black Life, Important, and gathered in front of the US embassy before they headed towards parliament.
Copenhagen and many of the major Scandinavian cities have witnessed protests in the past days in protest of Floyd’s killing.
In Warsaw, the capital of Poland, about a thousand people demonstrated, and they were joined by left-wing candidate Robert Pedron.
And to Sydney, Australia, where several protests against racism took place and raised the slogan "black lives are important".
Yesterday, police officers showed their support for a large demonstration in Basel, some of whom kneeled on his knee, and the police decided not to disperse crowds of about five thousand people, a number far exceeding the current maximum gathering of 300 individuals to prevent corona infection.