Hundreds of people demonstrated against the coronavirus restrictions in Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen. The protest of the mostly young demonstrators was largely peaceful yesterday, as a correspondent for the AFP news agency reported on the spot. The newspaper „Ekstrabladet“ reported, citing the police, that one of the approximately 600 participants had been arrested for throwing fireworks at police officers.
The protest was organized by the Men in Black group, which opposes the restrictions to contain the coronavirus pandemic. The reason was a new order in criminal law to punish pandemic-related offenses twice as harshly as otherwise provided.
Wife’s sentence doubled
On this basis, the sentence for a 30-year-old woman for gross disturbance of public order and violence against the police at a men-in-black demonstration in January was increased from one to two years in prison in mid-March. The protesters stopped in front of the prison where the woman is being held and shouted „Free Nanna“.
With chants like “Freedom for Denmark” and “Mette Ciao” they also called for an end to the restrictions and the resignation of the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on their way to the town hall. They also protested the planned coronavirus passport. An app is intended to prove that people have tested negative for the novel coronavirus within the past 72 hours, have recently recovered from it or have received a vaccination in order to gain access to certain facilities and services.
