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Expats march against SA crime in London

 

May 15 2010 LONDON UK - Participants in today’s peaceful London protest march against the out-of-control violent LONDON PROTESTS MAY15 5crime epidemic in South Africa said there were 'quite a few journalists' covering the  march at the South African embassy in Trafalgar Square in London on May 15 2010. There also was a police presence but there were no incidents of violence and no arrests were made.

The protestors first met at the Eros statue in Piccadilly circus – and as they started emerging from the tube-station exit they started catching the eye of the many webcam operators because of their bright-red t-shirts..

Despite fears by some participants that ‘right-wing posters’ would also be displayed – there were none. Many people carried white crosses with their own personal messages on them, other carried hand-made banners and posters.

One female protestor wrote that there “were some elements who tried to taunt us but we didn't bite.

Why are your people  being murdered like that?  

“Things remained peaceful, although, “ - she added that when she was questioned by a female journalist she got ‘pretty hot under the collar. “Especially when the journalist asked me why I thought we were being murdered like that; whether I knew the people on my placard, where I got the pictures and whether I would ever go home again?"

“I replied that 'of course I will go home, it's my country and the land of my forefathers and we developed it. The journalist said she could see I was upset about all the events and I replied: "of course, wouldn't you have been upset too? Our women, children and elderly are being targetted, these are defenceless, frail human beings who cannot defend themselves. Groups of attackers numbering as many as 15 men descend on them, gang-rape them, torture them until they're dead...How can one remain calm under those circumstances, especially because the government does nothing to stop it.?

"it was a very somber and successful walk through the streets. We left behind our placards and crosses at the SA embassy - to at least show them the extent of our anger'.

Bottom picture: A week earlier, a small group of expat-Afrikaners belonging to the Jack Hindon Scouts movement in London also held a silent protest outside the Parliament buildings to protest against the continuing silence of the UK government over the devastating murder-rate among their compatriots in South Africa.

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