Demonstrations – Hanover – Easter marches in several cities: “Peace for Ukraine” – politics
Hanover (dpa / lni) – In several cities in Lower Saxony, people came together on Saturday for the Easter marches of the peace movement. The rallies were primarily directed against the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. According to the police, more than 500 demonstrators came together in Hanover, and the march ended at noon in the city center at the main station.
The posters read: “Gas boycott: Yes Arms exports: No Stop Putin! Outrage city rearmament” or “Peace for Ukraine”. A woman standing with a poster in the Aegidienkirche, which was destroyed in World War II. It read: “Stop the escalation! More weapons = more dead! Negotiate! Instead of risking World War III”.
According to police estimates, around 1,200 people came to the Easter march on the Bremen market square. The demo was registered under the motto: “Against German arms deliveries. NO to war – get out of NATO. International law applies to everyone! No to hypocrisy and double standards”. A police spokesman said everything went peacefully.
The slogan of the march in Wolfsburg is “End the war in Ukraine immediately! Ceasefire now!”. At the Kohlmarkt in Braunschweig it was said: “Lay down your arms!”, on the station square in Oldenburg the motto was: “End the madness – further escalation can lead to nuclear catastrophe at any time.”
In Unterlüß there was a peace prayer in the Bürgerpark followed by an Easter march to the Rheinmetal armaments factory. There were other protests in Lüneburg, Hamelin and Goslar, among others. This time, against the background of the war in Ukraine, there were discussions about some of the demands of the peace movement, which traditionally advocates disarmament.
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