Anti-royal protester arrested by Scottish police

According to the Fars International News Group, the British Press Association reported that the Scottish police arrested a woman after she displayed a sign with slogans against the British royal family during the announcement of Charles III as the new King of England in Edinburgh. has arrested

According to this news agency, the Scottish police said that the arrest took place in front of St. Giles Church, where the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II of England is to be placed tomorrow.

Moments before the special ceremony of declaring Charles III as king this afternoon, a demonstrator against the British royal family appeared there.

According to the Press Association news agency, this female protester was holding a placard that read: “Imperialism must be understood, destroy the monarchy.”

This British news agency wrote that the police officers of Scotland, a country that claims freedom of speech and is a subsidiary of the British monarchy, appeared behind the woman and took her away, and the crowd of supporters of the British monarchy there cheered this police action.

Another man in the crowd raised his voice and shouted: “Let him go, this is the right to freedom of speech.” But the other people present in the crowd shouted at him and said: “Keep the respect”!

A police spokesman said only that a 22-year-old woman had been arrested “in connection with a breach of the peace”.

According to this news agency, in several occasions of the ceremony, including during the performance of the national anthem, some people in the crowd booed or chanted republican slogans in support of independence from the British monarchy.

The Scots, who once had the unsuccessful experience of holding a referendum on independence from the United Kingdom in 2014, have been following the re-holding of this referendum for some time.

Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland, has announced her plan to hold a second Scottish independence referendum in October 2023, but both during Johnson’s prime ministership and now that Liz Truss has replaced Johnson, she has faced opposition and threats to deal with this plan. has been

The day before Liz Truss was announced as the Prime Minister of England, Sturgeon warned against any attempt by his government to “toughen the rules” for the victory of the Scottish independence supporters, and this work is an example of “interfering with the rules” and “changing the basis of democracy.” He had read.

The end of the message.