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March 22nd, 2015 
David Schulberg
According to Press TV, the protests which have been organized by over a dozen anti-racism groups, including Stand Up To Racism, Unite Against Fascism, the Muslim Council of Britain, and Stop the War, are aimed at commemorating the UN anti-racism day.
Marches are also being held in capitals across Europe and around the world. The day commemorates the victims of the Sharpeville massacre in 1960, when 69 peaceful protesters against apartheid were killed in South African.
Last year, over 10,000 people took part in protests in London to call for action on racism.
The main UK organizer said in a statement “From Germany to Greece to Ferguson, people who want a society free from racism are saying no more. People are taking to the streets in large numbers to oppose the racist PEGIDA movement in Germany and the Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn in Greece, and to protest institutional racism and police violence against Black communities.”
In London, protesters assembled in front of the BBC to march to Trafalgar Square, close to parliament. They held banners reading “No to Islamophobia”, Muslim Lives Matter”, “From Ferguson to London Black Lives Matter”, and “Immigrants Are Welcome Here”
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