Monday, January 10, 2022
Counter-protest in Leipzig
Thousands demonstrate against corona policy
Again people are protesting against the corona measures of politics in several German cities. In total, there are thousands of people on the streets. It remains peaceful, but the Saxon police speak of an increased potential for violence. A counter-demonstration is also forming in Leipzig.
In numerous cities in Germany, people have demonstrated against the corona policy again. More than a thousand participants marched through the city in Lübeck, as well as in Cologne. In Gummersbach, around 50 kilometers east of Cologne, around 1,800 people protested against compulsory vaccination.
In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the police initially spoke of a total of around 8,000 demonstrators against the Corona policy in various cities, and further meetings are still to begin. In Potsdam, the police had banned a gathering of Corona critics in advance, but hundreds of people demonstrated in the city center. There were also demonstrations at several locations in Berlin, but according to the police there have not yet been any major disruptions or clashes.
In Koblenz and Mainz, the police also reported meetings against the corona policy. According to the police, up to 1000 people were traveling unannounced in Fulda in Hesse, around 1000 people also gathered in Wangen im Allgäu, and hundreds in Balingen between Freiburg and Stuttgart.
In Saxony, demonstrations against the corona policy took place in Dresden, Zwickau, Görlitz, Chemnitz and Freiberg, among others. According to initial estimates, around 700 people who repeatedly evaded the police gathered in Freiberg, said a police spokesman. There is a noticeable increase in the potential for violence. Here and there counter-protests also formed – for example in Leipzig, where around 300 people gathered at the place that otherwise the opponents of the measure use.