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Hundreds of people gathered in Amsterdam and Utrecht on Thursday evening to protest against fascism, Islamophobia, racism, and anti-queer hatred after Geert Wilders’ PVV won the Dutch election. Demonstrators also interrupted a city council meeting in Midden-Groningen with anti-PVV posters. And the international online campaign network Avaaz launched a petition against making Wilders Prime Minister. The demonstration on Dam Square in Amsterdam was the initiative of Krakenburg020, an organizatio...

AMSTERDAM : More than a thousand people gathered in Amsterdam on Friday in support of groups facing discrimination in the Netherlands, after major gains for a far-right political party this week.In Amsterdam's central Dam Square people lit candles or held up cellphone lights in a mostly silent protest, tw

More than a thousand people gathered in Amsterdam on Friday in support of groups facing discrimination in the Netherlands, after major gains for a far-right political party this week.... -November 24, 2023 at 08:12 pm EST - MarketScreener

AMSTERDAM: More than a thousand people gathered in Amsterdam on Friday (Nov 24) in support of groups facing discrimination in the Netherlands, after major gains for a far-right political pa

Demonstrations will take place in Amsterdam and Utrecht on Thursday in reaction to the victory of the far-right party PVV in the Dutch general elections. According to the latest forecast, the anti-Islam party will win 37 seats, making it the largest party by far in the new Tweede Kamer

Around six to seven thousand people participated in a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Rotterdam on Sunday, the police told an ANP reporter at the scene. The demonstration started at 2 p.m. at the Binnenrotte and was directed "against the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians". Vanmiddag Rotterdam. #FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/jaZIIZCcEC

The action groups NL4Palestine and Bring Them Home Now are both organizing demonstrations in Amsterdam on Saturday afternoon. Both actions have been registered with and approved by the municipality. The NL4Palestine demonstration will start at 1 p.m. on Dam Square and is being organized to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, where Israel and Hamas are at war with each other. Some guests will address the crowd from a podium. Afterwards there will be a march to Westerpark. The organizers expect 10,000 t...

Amsterdam-based choreographer Danielle Gallia-Kind and Tel Aviv artist Irit Sternberg have been acting to raise global awareness.

Anti-Semitism and Muslim hatred: Middle East war hits home

THE HAGUE, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of people took part in a march through Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands on Sunday, calling for action to tackle the challenges of climate change.