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Both Corona’s demonstrations in Vienna resulted in eleven arrests and 1,650 reports on Saturday.
AUSTRIA. For the Day Against Racism, March 21, the Minister of the Interior calls for the fight against hate crimes to continue. “It has been observed in the demonstrations in recent weeks that well-known right-wing extremists, far-right groups, hooligans and Holocaust deniers use the demonstrations as a platform to spread their hateful messages,” Nehammer said. “That is unacceptable and the police are taking decisive action against him.”
According to the Interior Ministry, 2,500 people attended demonstrations in Vienna over the weekend. The preliminary balance on Saturday showed eleven arrests, as well as about 1,630 administrative complaints and about twenty criminal complaints, including one under the Prohibition Law, he said.
Police were able to prevent the demonstrations from colliding
More than 1,500 participants gathered from 1:00 p.m. in the area of Vienna’s Central Station for a rally that was not screened and tried on several occasions to get into the city center in the form of a march. By accompanying the demonstration and blocking the police, it was possible to avoid this and an encounter with other concentrations.
Using pepper spray when trying to break through police barriers
Due to the overwhelming breach of COVID-19 regulations, the rally closed at 2.30 pm in the Margaretengürtel / Hollgasse area. Since the approximately 750 people did not obey the speaker’s request to disband, their identities were determined and complaints were filed. The result was that the rally broke up. Pepper spray was used during police operations, as several protesters attempted to violently break a police cordon. ‘
Around 1,000 participants gathered for a rally in the Resselpark area of Vienna. According to the Interior Ministry, these have largely adhered to the Covid-19 Protection Measures Ordinance and the indicated route. The meeting ended at 6 pm
Demos in different EU countries
On March 20, 2021, there were protests over the Crown restrictions in several European countries: in France, Great Britain, Switzerland and the Netherlands, Serbia, Croatia, Sweden and Romania, among others, thousands of people took to the streets to protest against Demonstrate restrictions due to COVID-19 measures.
