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15,000 March Against Racism and Violence in Germany

In Dresden, at least 15,000 people marched against hate, racism and violence to mark the Islamophobic movement "Pegida." Germany's interior minister has condemned the movement's hard right-wing extremists, saying they...

by Adriana Kessler
Image: Caruso Pinguin - Flickr/CC content

In Dresden, at least 15,000 people marched against hate, racism and violence to mark the Islamophobic movement "Pegida." Germany's interior minister has condemned the movement's hard right-wing extremists, saying they are not acting within the country's acceptable political consensus. "It is necessary to show now, on the streets, what kind of society we stand for: a society that puts human dignity first, a society that values empathy, and a society that forcefully opposes such hateful campaigns," said the alliance "Dresden Nazifrei."

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