(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Around 400 people took part in a demonstration in Zurich against the World Economic Forum (WEF), which is currently holding its annual summit in Davos.
This content was published on January 18, 2023 - 08:46 January 18, 2023 - 08:46 Keystone-SDA/sb Protestors set off fireworks as they marched through the city on Tuesday evening, accompanied by large numbers of police. No major damage was reported during the unauthorised event.
Zurich police said they managed to prevent the protesters from marching through the city centre. After about an hour, the protesters returned to Helvetiaplatz, a square near the lake where the demo had started. They dispersed around 8pm.
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Under the slogan“Tax the Rich, save the Climate”, some demonstrators from the Swiss Socialist Youth (JUSO) and the association Strike WEF gathered in the Swiss mountain resort to demand a climate tax on the super-rich attending the WEF summit. They were joined by activists from Greenpeace and from the German town of Lützerath, which has become a climate flashpoint amid plans to expand a coal mine in the area.
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A day ahead of the opening of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, some 300 people have taken to the streets of Davos demanding climate justice.
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