Police prepare for protest march, activists decry lack of G7 action to world problems

Record ID: 877025

  • Title: Police prepare for protest march, activists decry lack of G7 action to world problems
  • Date: 27th May 2017
  • Summary: GIARDINI NAXOS, ITALY (MAY 27, 2017) (REUTERS) WOMAN WALKING ALONG BEACH VARIOUS OF ARMED SECURITY MAN TAPING CARDBOARD TO SHOP WINDOW LOCALS LOOKING ON AT BOARDED UP SHOP ACROSS STREET VARIOUS OF POLICE ON STREET NAVY VESSEL AT SEA POLICE NEXT TO VEHICLE SECURITY ON SKI JETS PATROLLING SEA OXFAM ACTIVISTS MASKED AS G7 LEADERS STANDING ON BEACH WITH SIGNS READING (ENGLISH): 'NO TRESPASSING' AND ' BORDER CONTROL', VENUE OF G7 SUMMIT IN DISTANCE ACTIVIST DRESSED AS U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP GESTURING 'NO' ACTIVIST DRESSED AS JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE, ACTIVIST DRESSED AS TRUMP AND ACTIVIST DRESSED AS BRITISH PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY GESTURING, STANDING BEHIND FAKE WALL ON THE BEACH ACTIVIST DRESSED AS MAY GESTURING STOP SIGN BANNER READING (ENGLISH) 'MIGRANTS NOT ALLOWED' (SOUNDBITE) (English) OXFAM SENIOR HUMANITARIAN POLICY ADVISER, EDMUND CAIRNS, SAYING: "On the last day of the summit we have got a real scandal of a summit and the scandal is that G7 leaders come right here to Sicily, on the doorstep of the Mediterranean sea where 1,400 have drowned just this year trying to move from Libya to Sicily, and the scandal is that the G7 leaders come and fly home tonight without having done anything credible about that, without having come up with any credible plan to end this vast human tragedy, that's the real scandal of this summit." ACTIVISTS IN COSTUME ON BEACH ACTIVIST DRESSED AS GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL ACTIVIST REVEALING LETTERS READING (ENGLISH) 'NO' ACTIVISTS HOLDING FAKE WALL SIGN READING (ENGLISH): 'NO ENTRY' ACTIVIST DRESSED AS TRUMP MAKING A 'NO' GESTURE
  • Embargoed: 10th June 2017 12:11
  • Keywords: security Italy Oxfam famine hunger protests G7 summit beach stunt police
  • Location: GIARDINI NAXOS, ITALY / IN AIR
  • City: GIARDINI NAXOS, ITALY / IN AIR
  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: G7,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0026IM4R47
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Thousands of police and soldiers have taken up position in Giardini Naxos, a tourist resort some 7 kilometres (3 miles) away from Taormina where the G7 summit is on its final day.
    Between 3,000 to 5,000 protesters are expected to gather later on Saturday (May 27) for a march that will wind its way through the town and along the beachfront.
    Oxfam, a global humanitarian relief organisation, criticised G7 leaders over what it called a 'scandal' and lack of action to help refugees risking and losing their lives in the Mediterranean while trying to reach safety in Europe.
    Activists dressed as G7 leaders spread a banner proclaiming 'No entry' on a beach in Giardini Naxos, a few kilometres away from the fenced-off conference taking place in Taormina. The protest intended to portray the type of welcome migrant face as they arrive in Europe after a perilous journey across the sea.
    Oxfam urged the leaders from the world's richest nations to agree steps ensuring safe passage for people on the move and to welcome more refugees.
    Quoting the International Organization for Migration, it said that more than 5,000 people died in the Mediterranean last year.
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