- Title: Protesters demand 'Justice for Grenfell' on march to parliament
- Date: 21st June 2017
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (JUNE 21, 2017) (REUTERS) PEOPLE MARCHING HOLDING BANNER READING (English): "WE NEED JUSTICE FOR GRENFELL TOWER" PROTESTER AND FORMER GRENFELL WALK RESIDENT, MOHAMED AT-TU MARCHING AND CHANTING / ANOTHER PROTESTER MARCHING PEOPLE MARCHING CHANTING (English): "WHAT DO WE WANT? - JUSTICE. WHEN DO WE WANT IT? - NOW." WOMAN HOLDING SIGN READING (English): "THIS RAGE IS JUSTIFIED" AND ON OTHER SIDE "GREED KILLS JUSTICE FOR GRENFELL" PROTESTER WITH SIGN READING (English): "STOP THE SOCIAL AND ETHNIC CLEANSING" PROTESTER WITH SIGN READING (English): "GRENFELL FIRE DEMANDS REAL ANSWERS" / WOMAN HOLDING SIGN SAYING 'JUSTICE FOR GRENFELL' WITH PAINTING OF BURNT TOWER PROTESTER WITH SIGN READING (English): 'THIS IS BRITAIN'S HURRICANE KATRINA' AND CHANTING (English): "WHAT DO WE WANT? - JUSTICE. WHEN DO WE WANT IT? - NOW." PROTESTERS MARCHING VARIOUS OF MOHAMED AT-TU MARCHING WITH BANNER READING (English): "WE NEED JUSTICE FOR GRENFELL" AND CHANTING (English): "TORY GOVERNMENT GUILTY OF MURDER." AND "HEY HEY, HO HO, THERESA MAY HAS GOT TO GO." (SOUNDBITE) (English) 18-YEAR-OLD RESIDENT OF GRENFELL WALK NOW NOT HAVING ACCOMMODATION, MOHAMED AT-TU, SAYING: "On Thursday I saw Theresa May and she walked past me where me and a couple of other residents were calling her name and she didn't pay attention to us, she only went and spoke to the Fire Brigade and the police and it was very upsetting because why did you come in the first place if you don't want to speak to them? When there's residents out there who are homeless and got nowhere to go." VARIOUS OF MOHAMED AT-TU MARCHING AND SHOUTING (English) "JUSTICE IN, TORIES OUT" (SOUNDBITE) (English) 18-YEAR-OLD RESIDENT OF GRENFELL WALK NOW NOT HAVING ACCOMMODATION, MOHAMED AT-TU, SAYING: "All I want from Theresa May and any other person that's with the government is answers. I want to know how they can actually support us, we don't want to move to another area we want to stay in our area, within Latimer. We don't want to get moved to outside London, to Edinburgh or Preston, like some other people have. They have moved a couple of people outside London before this - but we don't want that, because we have grown up in that area." AT-TU CHANTING, WALKING AT FRONT OF PROTEST / PROTESTERS MARCHING WITH SIGNS AND PLACARDS PROTESTER HOLDING A PLACARD WITH SIGN READING (English): "JUSTICE FOR GRENFELL" PROTESTERS MARCHING (SOUNDBITE) (English) 18-YEAR-OLD RESIDENT OF GRENFELL WALK NOW NOT HAVING ACCOMMODATION, MOHAMED AT-TU, SAYING: "It's tough to be honest because they've got no other options, they've tried to go and apply for other centres, and they've told them you've got to put your name on a waiting list, what do you mean a waiting list, when people are homeless? We need a place and we need a permanent place, not just one day in and one day out, we can't have that happening. People are sleeping outside on the streets, with no sleep. We're sleeping right next to where the police are - no sleep at all." SIGN HELD BY PROTESTER READING (English): "NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE" / PROTESTERS MARCHING AND CHANTING "TORY GOVERNMENT GUILTY OF MURDER" (SOUNDBITE) (English) 18-YEAR-OLD RESIDENT OF GRENFELL WALK NOW NOT HAVING ACCOMMODATION, MOHAMED AT-TU, SAYING: "It hurts me in the heart because I have lost family members and some of my family members are in critical condition in hospital so it makes it even more worse that I'm not getting community, no if I am not getting council and government and everyone else who is out there who is homeless especially me, it's heart breaking and it hurts." AT-TU MARCHING CHANTING (English): "HEALTH AND SAFETY FIRST" PROTESTERS MARCHING (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROTESTER WHO LIVES NEAR GRENFELL TOWER, MR BEST, SAYING: "The government should be doing more, honestly. The government should be doing more. They're not doing enough and they have failed because this is a national disaster, it's not just a tower block on fire it's a national disaster because of the health and safety that was implemented into those blocks." (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROTESTER, LONDON RESIDENT ORIGINALLY FROM IRAQ, SHAIMA ALSITRAWI, SAYING: "Leave, you don't represent us, you don't represent our young people's voice, you don't represent any of us - just leave." (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROTESTER, LONDON RESIDENT, EMILY, SAYING: "Justice, we don't want this to happen ever again, we just don't want this to happen again." MEN WALKING WITH BANNER READING (English): "HOUSING IS A RIGHT NOT A PRIVILEGE. NO EVICTIONS." / PROTESTERS MARCHING
- Embargoed: 5th July 2017 16:57
- Keywords: Grenfell Tower fire demonstration
- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
- City: LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
- Country: United Kingdom
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Fires
- Reuters ID: LVA0016M836MF
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Around 200 protesters demanding justice for victims of the Grenfell Tower disaster marched from west London to parliament on Wednesday (June 21), a week after the blaze.
At least 79 people are dead, or missing presumed dead as a result of the fire, which swept through the 24-storey tower on June 14. Many people are still unaccounted for and authorities have suggested that the death toll may well rise.
Eighteen year-old Mohamed At-Tu, who lived on Grenfell Walk, next to the tower, has been left homeless. He said he had lost family members in the blaze, and knew others who are in critical condition in hospital.
Facing increasing criticism for not meeting with locals sooner, British Prime Minister Theresa May has promised those left homeless by the fire would be rehoused locally within weeks, and the £5 million fund would pay for emergency supplies, food, clothes and other costs. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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