Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 04 Oct 2020, 06:39 am Print
Paris: French capital city Paris witnessed protests recently as over 300 people, who belonged to several groups, gathered at the Trocadero Square near the Eiffel Tower and demonstrated against human rights violations by China.
The demonstrators belonged to different sections of the society- from Tibetan associations, the Uyghur Association of France, South Mongolians, Falange Gong, Hong Kong dissidents and Taiwanese.
Each group held their own placards and flags and raised slogans against China.
One placard, which was raised by a protester, read: 'Resist Chinese Communist Party.'
The protests occurred on the occasion of the 71st National Day of the People’s Republic of China.
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