The police grabbed me by the shoulders and threw me at the concrete,” said Mehnaz Omari, 51, a dark-haired lady with a husky voice after all the screaming in the rally which started peacefully on the chilly Saturday afternoon.
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A racist is a weakling!” The shouts pervaded a mass of about 650 people, who stood at Narinkkatori in front of the Kamppi shopping centre in Helsinki on the cloudy Saturday afternoon for the opposing causes.
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The rocks bounced off the bus, which was carrying 49 asylum seekers, most from Iraq. Among the passengers were small children, even toddlers.
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“Close the borders!” yells a man, holding a sign stating the very same thing he is repeating.
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A massive strike of the Finnish labour unions against the governments planned cuts will stop the public transport, shut down schools and day care centres and cancel flights on Friday September 18. Even the police force will join the protest.
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