Prague full of parades and protests, Prague Pride culminates on Saturday
The police are on standby, and there will be an anti-conflict team on the streets. Due to events, traffic will be limited for some time in some places in the center.
Prague – The traditional lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride march Prague Pride will take place in the center of Prague on Saturday. He will leave at 13:00 from Wenceslas Square to Letná. The extremists want to “defend” the statue of St. Wenceslas in front of its participants from 11:00, and from 13:00 they are going to protest on Palach Square.
From 15:00, they will join the assembly against migration and withdrawal from the EU convened by the extremist National Democracy at Vyšehrad. Counter-actions are also to take place in Vyšehrad – against xenophobia and racism. There is also a march for the traditional family in the center.
Police on call
The police will be on standby. Her anti-conflict team will also be on the streets. Due to events, traffic will be limited for some time in some places in the center.
The procession of pride will pass through Prague for the fifth time. Participants will start enrolling at 12:00 on Wenceslas Square. An hour later, he heads to Na Příkopě Street, across Republic Square to Revoluční, Řásnovka, Klášterská and along Dvořák’s embankment, across Čechův most and Edvard Beneš embankment to the steps to Letná, then to Letenské sady. There will be a music program.
According to the organizers, the mayor of Prague Adriana Krnáčová (YES) and other well-known faces will lead the procession. 15 allegorical cars will set off on the route. There will be a 50-meter rainbow flag as a symbol of the LGBT community. Among the participants will be 130 members of the London Gay Men’s Chorus, who will sing along the way. The march will also include a “stroller ride”. Get involved with parents with children.
Extremists want to “defend the statue of St. Wenceslas” from 11:00 in front of the participants of the carnival parade. The convener of the event, Pavel Matějný, who had previously organized anti-Roma marches in various cities, described the Prague Pride festival on Facebook as “the pinnacle of disgust and bad taste” and called for “defense of the homeland”. At 13:00, the protest was to continue on Palach Square. The event is organized by the extremist association Národní obroda.
Protests and other events
Its members will then “protect the safety of the speakers” at the assembly against immigration and withdrawal from the EU at 3 pm in Vyšehrad, said its organizers from the extremist National Democracy. After the speakers, the participants should go to protest on Czech Television. They should walk through K Rotundě, V Pevnosti, Na Pankráci, Mikuláše z Husi, Marie Cibulková, Na Klikovce, Na Dolinách, Pod Děkankou streets to Na Hřebenech Street.
Counter-actions should also begin at Vyšehrad at 14:00 – against racism and Islamophobia. Its organizers from the initiative No Racism! and out of Socialist solidarity, they want to stand up to the “all-tastes of fascists and neo-Nazis” who are bothered by differences and open borders, they said on Facebook.
The annual Family March is also held in the metropolis center from 12:30. It is organized by the young Christian Democrats with the Movement for Life. The participants will set off from Washington Street along Politických vězňů Street to Rytířská Street, then through Skořepka to Husova Street to the Church of St. Giles, where Mass will begin at 1:15 p.m.
According to its spokesman Tomáš Hulana, the Prague police are counting on measures to ensure security and order. There will also be an anti-conflict team on the streets. The traffic will be overseen by the traffic police.
During the events, residents and visitors to the metropolis can touch on certain restrictions in the streets to which the Prague Pride parade or other marches will pass. Urban transport and car traffic will also be reduced. For example, waiting for the exit from the underground garages in Republic Square can take tens of minutes, Hulan warned. The city police will also be involved.