Canadian police are working to end the 12-day riots in the capital
According to an IRNA report from Reuters on Wednesday; Ottawa police say the number of people protesting against public health measures to combat Covid-19 is declining following a crackdown by police and a 10-day curfew aimed at reducing noise that has plagued the city.
Although the protesters claim peace, they have raised some flags related to the Nazi era of slavery or the broken cross.
According to IRNA, protests against the mandatory vaccine and other restrictions due to the coronavirus epidemic started at least 10 days ago in Ottawa and have reached many other provinces. A state of emergency has been declared in Ottawa since Sunday as protests intensified.
Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Sunday, removing hundreds of liters of fuel by Sunday night, arresting 23 people and imposing more than 1,300 car fines. Has issued.
The movement, which began as the Freedom Caravan, claiming to oppose compulsory vaccination or quarantine of truck drivers returning from the United States, has more goals, such as protesting carbon taxes and other laws, and is spreading to other cities. Demonstrators closed the bridge between Canada and the United States for a full day on Monday night, making it the busiest border crossing on the American continent.
Most Canadians follow government health measures, with nearly 79 percent of legal residents receiving two doses of the vaccine.
According to a recent poll, 62% of the country’s citizens are against the Freedom Caravan. Some provinces, such as Ontario and Quebec, Canada’s most populous provinces, have also begun lifting the Covid-19 restrictions to combat the highly contagious Omicron epidemic, which began late last year (2021).
According to Axius News, Canadian officials have said that truckers’ protests against the Canadian government’s order to make the Covid-19 vaccine mandatory have led to the closure of the Ambassador Bridge (the suspension bridge that connects Canada to the United States) because trucks And smaller vehicles have blocked it.
The bridge, which connects Detroit in the US state of Michigan to Windsor in Ontario, Canada, is one of the busiest crossings between Canada and the United States and is a key link for the automotive industry.
Police in Canada announced Tuesday night that another border crossing in the city of Coates, Alberta, had been closed due to protests. At the same time, the Ottawa police announced the arrest of 23 people in connection with the “illegal demonstrations”.
Canadian police have also set up a hate crime hotline for widespread protest violence. This seems to be particularly the case with the concern of extremist slogans chanted by far-right groups. In addition to extremist slogans, the Nazi symbol is said to have been displayed during the protests.