Forwarded from DISASTER X (Maximilian Forte)
This past Saturday, protesters came out against "vaccine" mandates in Antigua. They were met by police in riot gear and attacked with tear gas. Protests are spreading across the English-speaking and other parts of the Caribbean, including St. Vincent, Barbados, and Guadeloupe in this past week alone.
https://antiguaobserver.com/residents-protest-riot-police-try-to-disperse-crowd/
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https://antiguaobserver.com/residents-protest-riot-police-try-to-disperse-crowd/
#covid19 #protests #AntiguaBarbuda #Caribbean
Antigua Observer Newspaper
Residents protest; Riot police try to disperse crowd - Antigua Observer Newspaper
Riot police have arrived at the V.C Bird Bust in St John's where residents are currently picketing what they view as mandatory vaccination. The officers are attempting to disperse the crowd who they consider to be gathering illegally. https://youtu.be/xp1H_T7oRig…
Forwarded from DISASTER X (Maximilian Forte)
Statement from the leader of the opposition Democratic National Alliance in Antigua:
The Democratic National Alliance (DNA) denounces in the strongest terms the excessive use of force and the unprovoked responses by law enforcement officers that was unleashed on citizens and residents who gathered peacefully at the public market hours ago. All evidence points to citizens and residents who gathered to air their grievances and to demonstrate their opposition to the government’s responses to the management of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the move to mandate vaccines for certain workers and the denial of civil liberties for the unvaccinated population. Further, the protestors voiced their serious opposition to the government’s plan to vaccinate children.
In a callous and vain display of state power, the brutal and oppressive crack down on peaceful protestors at the hands of officers in riot gear, was irresponsible and was executed indiscriminately, without care, compassion or concern for the protestors, who included children, on-lookers, bus operators, passersby and persons who reside in the area and who were in their homes....
....Further, the DNA notes the irony that the unfortunate events unfolded in front of the bust of the Father of the Nation who is credited and largely revered as having fought to secure the freedoms of the masses against the myriad of injustices exacted by the plantocrats who ruled our country with impunity! A trade unionist himself, many of his actions on behalf of workers also involved protests and acts of civil disobedience. Surely, Sir VC Bird must be rolling in his grave.
The DNA calls upon the people of Antigua and Barbuda to stand up against this autocratic regime which has shown nothing but contempt for our lives and livelihoods. We call upon civil society organizations, the churches, the unions, non-governmental organizations, citizens in the Diaspora, the international community to condemn the actions of the police and those who sanctioned them....
The DNA appreciates the psychological, financial and social violence with which our people have contended for well over eighteen months....
https://antiguaobserver.com/dna-denounces-excess-use-of-force-on-peaceful-protesters/
#covid19 #AntiguaBarbuda #Caribbean #protests
The Democratic National Alliance (DNA) denounces in the strongest terms the excessive use of force and the unprovoked responses by law enforcement officers that was unleashed on citizens and residents who gathered peacefully at the public market hours ago. All evidence points to citizens and residents who gathered to air their grievances and to demonstrate their opposition to the government’s responses to the management of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly the move to mandate vaccines for certain workers and the denial of civil liberties for the unvaccinated population. Further, the protestors voiced their serious opposition to the government’s plan to vaccinate children.
In a callous and vain display of state power, the brutal and oppressive crack down on peaceful protestors at the hands of officers in riot gear, was irresponsible and was executed indiscriminately, without care, compassion or concern for the protestors, who included children, on-lookers, bus operators, passersby and persons who reside in the area and who were in their homes....
....Further, the DNA notes the irony that the unfortunate events unfolded in front of the bust of the Father of the Nation who is credited and largely revered as having fought to secure the freedoms of the masses against the myriad of injustices exacted by the plantocrats who ruled our country with impunity! A trade unionist himself, many of his actions on behalf of workers also involved protests and acts of civil disobedience. Surely, Sir VC Bird must be rolling in his grave.
The DNA calls upon the people of Antigua and Barbuda to stand up against this autocratic regime which has shown nothing but contempt for our lives and livelihoods. We call upon civil society organizations, the churches, the unions, non-governmental organizations, citizens in the Diaspora, the international community to condemn the actions of the police and those who sanctioned them....
The DNA appreciates the psychological, financial and social violence with which our people have contended for well over eighteen months....
https://antiguaobserver.com/dna-denounces-excess-use-of-force-on-peaceful-protesters/
#covid19 #AntiguaBarbuda #Caribbean #protests
Antigua Observer Newspaper
DNA Denounces Excess Use of Force on Peaceful Protesters
(PRESS STATEMENT) The Democratic National Alliance (DNA) denounces in the strongest terms the excessive use of force and the unprovoked responses by law enforcement officers that was unleashed on…