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In Amsterdam, the February strike of 1941 will be commemorated again on Sunday afternoon on the Jonas Daniël Meijerplein. Mayor Femke Halsema and writer Johan Fretz, among others, will give a speech. Wreaths and flowers are also laid at the statue of De Dokwerker on the square.
About a hundred people gathered on Dam Square in Amsterdam to protest against PVV leader and election winner Geert Wilders. Under the slogan "Not my prime minister", the demonstrators expressed their support for religious freedom, human rights, climate justice, international solidarity, and democracy. The speeches are held from a podium to which a banner with the slogan "One country for all" is attached. People carry signs with texts such as "For religious freedom", "Racism sucks" and "Give no room for racism".
About a hundred people gathered on Dam Square in Amsterdam to protest against PVV leader and election winner Geert Wilders. Under the slogan "Not my prime minister", the demonstrators expressed their support for religious freedom, human rights, climate justice, international solidarity, and democracy. The speeches are held from a podium to which a banner with the slogan "One country for all" is attached. People carry signs with texts such as "For religious freedom", "Racism sucks" and "Give no room for racism".
A pro-Palestinian march will take place in the center of Amsterdam on Sunday in response to the events in Israel and Gaza. The march will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Dam Square and participants will then walk through the city center towards Westerpark in Amsterdam West. Representatives from the Foundation for Services and Research Center Palestine (DocP), the "Plant an Olive Tree" foundation, and the Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Migration and Development (EMCEMO) are among those attending the march.
The proposed route for a protest march for Palestine in Amsterdam on Sunday has sparked controversy on Tuesday. The march was initially planned to proceed from Dam Square to Jonas Daniël Meijerplein in the old Jewish neighborhood. One of the march’s organizers stated they had not fully considered the sensitivity of the location and are working on an alternative route route, AT5 reported on Tuesday.