Peace motion: Easter marches begin with rallies in a number of cities | EUROtoday

Peace activists demonstrated in a number of German cities on Good Friday in opposition to wars, rearmament and nuclear transport. The begin of the Easter marches in North Rhine-Westphalia there was a rally in entrance of the uranium enrichment plant in Gronau, Münsterland. Further rallies passed off in Gütersloh, Biberach, Bruchköbel close to Hanau, Chemnitz and Jagel. People had already demonstrated on Maundy Thursday in Regensburg, Erfurt, Jena and Königs Wusterhausen.

In Gronau, the organizers counted 120 to 150 folks, the police spoke of 75. According to the police, round 150 folks got here collectively in Gütersloh, and in response to the organizers, 120 in Jagel.

The important subjects are the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, the rearmament of the Bundeswehr and the controversy about reintroducing obligatory navy service. The Peace Cooperative Network in Bonn is asking on the Federal Government to take diplomatic initiatives to finish the wars and strengthen worldwide legislation. More than 70 protests are deliberate on Holy Saturday, the principle day of motion.

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