Saturday, March 21, 2015

Motley procession against racism and discrimination in Amsterdam – NU.nl

Since the participants were addressed by, among others, TV presenter Humberto Tan, FNV director Coen van der Veer and actress Anousha Nzume.

Representatives of Muslims, Jews and Christians were in the procession a prominent place . Even Amsterdam departments of Labor, GroenLinks and SP participated in the demonstration.

According to the police the demonstration proceeded without incident. An estimate of the number of participants wanted organizers and police fear to tread. Het Parool keeps a few hundred.

In preparation for the demonstration there was a row over the controversial Moroccan rapper Appa who also participated. Labour MP Ahmed Marcouch that Appa a ‘teach street sweeper “” will, responded on Twitter with a picture of Geert Wilders and the French politician Marine Le Pen, in his own words to show that there are’ ‘more anti-Semites’ be.

After an angry response from Wilders, known as a friend of Israel, Marcouch later told NOS that the PVV leader is not a Jew-hater.

By: NU.nl/ANP

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