- Title: Thousands march against Trump in Zurich, other Swiss cities
- Date: 23rd January 2018
- Summary: ZURICH, SWITZERLAND (JANUARY 23, 2018) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS PROFANITY*** PROTEST TAKING PLACE, MAN HOLDING PLACARD WHICH ON ONE SIDE READS (English): "YOU ARE A SHIT-HOLE PERSON" AND ON THE OTHER "MAKE DONALD DRUMPF AGAIN" PROTESTERS MARCHING, MAN HOLDING PLACARD READING (German and English): "WHAT IS THE BLONDE LOOKING FOR IN DAVOS? NOTHING! #NOT WELCOME"
- Embargoed: 6th February 2018 20:22
- Keywords: anti-capitalist protesters Zurich protests Geneva protests U.S. President Donald Trump World Economic Forum
- Location: ZURICH AND GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
- City: ZURICH AND GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
- Country: Switzerland
- Topics: Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA0017ZC40NB
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS PROFANE LANGUAGE IN SHOT 1
Thousands of anti-capitalist protesters marched through Zurich on Tuesday (January 23) and other major Swiss cities to demonstrate against a planned visit by U.S. President Donald Trump to the World Economic Forum's annual meeting this week.
Organisers had called for protests under the mottos "Trump Not Welcome" and "Smash WEF!"
Trump is due to speak on Friday (January 26) at the WEF meeting in the Alpine town of Davos, an annual meeting of global business and political leaders where protests have been banned.
Flag-waving demonstrators, whom Zurich police estimated at 2,000, marched toward Zurich's financial district, where bankers had been warned to stay clear of the approved demonstration.
One sign read "You are the Shit-hole?", in reference to reported remarks by Trump about Haiti and African countries, which he has denied.
A Pro-Kurdish contingent also protested in Zurch, where they demonstrated their support for Syria's Kurdish-controlled Afrin region and chanted slogans against Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.
Similar protests took place, with several hundred protesters each, in public squares in Geneva, Lausanne and Fribourg. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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