Mass Protests for Gaza Take Over Streets of D.C., London; Police Attack McGill Students in Montreal

JUN 10, 2024

In Washington, tens of thousands of protesters formed a symbolic red line around the White House Saturday to protest the Biden administration’s Gaza policy. A major pro-Palestinian rally was also held in London on Saturday.

Meanwhile, in Canada, police fired tear gas and pepper spray on Friday to disperse protesters at McGill University in Montreal, where students had taken over an administrative building. Fifteen arrests were made.

In Spain, hundreds of protesters lied down on the ground outside the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao to symbolize the mass casualties in Gaza.

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Varney Kamara

Varney Kamara is a freelance Liberian journalist. In 2009, Mr. Kamara began his journalism career as a mainstream journalist, working for The Analyst, New Democrat, the Diary, and the DayLight environmental online newspapers in Monrovia. Kamara holds BA in Mass Communication from the state -run University of Liberia(UL). Prior to freelancing, he served in several newsroom capacities including Proof-reader, Desk Editor, News Editor, Staff Writer, Senior News Editor, and Contributing Writer for several local and international media outlets. Kamara has also obtained several media certificates in environmental journalism, investigative journalism, science and health reporting, crime and justice reporting, and more. From March 2023 to March 2024, Kamara served as Project Officer and Senior News Editor of iLab Liberia's Fact-Checking Desk on the NDI "Countering Disinformation in Liberia's 2023 Elections Project."

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