PEGIDA rally meeting protests in Cologne (антиисламский митинг в Кельне)

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  • German police fire water cannons to disperse protesters amid clashes in Cologne | News | DW.COM | 09.01.2016
    http://www.dw.com/en/german-police-fire-water-cannons-to-disperse-protesters-amid-clashes-in-cologne/a-18969142

    The North Rhine-Westphalian chapter of the anti-migration PEGIDA group and far-right organizations called the demonstration in the wake of a series of sexual assaults and robberies targeting women in the inner city of Cologne on New Year’s Eve. Police said on Saturday they had received 379 complaints so far, with some 40 percent having to do with some form of sexual harassment.

    Growing tensions in German society

    Eyewitnesses said most of the offenders looked to be of North African or Arab origin. The incidents have fueled xenophobic sentiment in some quarters of German society, as the country struggles to cope with a huge influx of refugees and migrants, most of them coming from the Middle East and Africa.

    The demonstrators protesting against Germany’s current refugee policies, who numbered some 1,700 people according to police estimates, were confronted by an estimated 1,300 counter-demonstrators, who also gathered near the train station.

    More than 2,000 state and federal police were tasked with keeping the two groups apart.

    Several PEGIDA supporters were ushered out of the area by police after the protest was dispersed, according to Dana Regev.

    Police in #Cologne escorted #PEGIDA demonstrators out of the area, hoping they will independently return home pic.twitter.com/2jV3F2C1ld
    — Dana Regev (@Dana_Regev) January 9, 2016

    There were reports of several arrests, and a number of people were injured, including with cuts to their faces, according to DPA news agency.

    Police said three officers and a reporter were injured in clashes with the PEGIDA supporters.

    Police said half of those attending the PEGIDA rally were football hooligans and right-wing extremists. A spokeswoman said some of the hooligans were known to police and came from the eastern city of Dresden..

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    Cologne-based organization HoGeSa, short for Hooligans against Salafists, mobilised their members on social networks to join Cologne’s Pegida (Koegida) rally, Wednesday.
    HoGeSa hit headlines when they injured 50 police officers in clashes during a demonstration in October 2014.
    Pegida’s popularity has continued to rise since they were formed in late 2014. The organisation’s last demonstration in Dresden drew around 18,000 - 19,000 people. That’s compared to 500 people at an October rally in the same city.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTcIsD7ctug


    Diffusé en direct le 9 janv. 2016

    Supporters of the Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) are rallying outside Cologne’s main train station. A counter-protest is taking place at the same location. The demonstrations come in the wake of mass assaults against women that took place during New Year’s Eve celebrations

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEPFzEFoXmk