This was also the case in Luxembourg. On Saturday, the Muslim community Shoura organised another demonstration in the capital.
A few hundred people joined the march, which began in the Kirchberg area and concluded at the Place Clairefontaine.
Several participants gave speeches about the struggles of Palestinians in Gaza, and issued calls for an immediate ceasefire in the region.
The CPJPO, or Committee for Fair Peace in the Middle East, also issued a press release to accompany Saturday’s demonstration, expressing their heartbreak at the current situation in Gaza. Representative Claude Grégoire wrote:
“Faced with the terrible bombings, the million displaced people, the death of more than 3,000 children, the tens of thousands of people seeking refuge in hospitals that were themselves targeted, and the victims still alive under the rubble cannot save, a broad mobilisation of civil society is necessary. In Luxembourg, solidarity is already being expressed throughout the world.
We demand, together with the Secretary General of the United Nations, the Pope, many nations and countless voices around the world, an immediate ceasefire, as requested by the UN General Assembly yesterday, with the voice of Luxembourg. We denounce the shameful conduct of other European Union diplomats, presidents and heads of state.”
The CPJPO, a two-decade-old secular organisation committed to seeking peace and justice in Palestine, confirmed it had requested authorisation for future demonstrations and would communicate further details in due course.
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