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#12523017

2 July 2025

In Helmond, Netherlands, on July 1, 2025, Israeli flags are raised at the anti-asylum seeker center protest. A tense protest against the planned arrival of a youth asylum center in the city center of Helmond leads to the arrest of three people during the rally. The demonstration draws several hundred participants, including far-right political leaders Geert Wilders of the PVV political party Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid) and Thierry Baudet of the FVD Forum for Democracy (Forum voor Democratie) political party, who deliver speeches condemning the government and its asylum policies. Police detain two individuals for illegal weapon possession and a third for failing to provide identification. Despite the arrests, the protest remains mostly peaceful under heightened security measures, with a lot of riot police and special units and vehicles deployed around, including roadblocks, rooftop police surveillance, and a drone. A smaller group of counter-demonstrators gathers nearby in support of the asylum center, holding signs and chanting pro-refugee slogans with flags of Palestine. The demonstration reflects growing national tensions over migration as the country heads toward early elections following the collapse of the Schoof cabinet.

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#12523018

2 July 2025

In Helmond, Netherlands, on July 1, 2025, Israeli flags are raised at the anti-asylum seeker center protest. A tense protest against the planned arrival of a youth asylum center in the city center of Helmond leads to the arrest of three people during the rally. The demonstration draws several hundred participants, including far-right political leaders Geert Wilders of the PVV political party Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid) and Thierry Baudet of the FVD Forum for Democracy (Forum voor Democratie) political party, who deliver speeches condemning the government and its asylum policies. Police detain two individuals for illegal weapon possession and a third for failing to provide identification. Despite the arrests, the protest remains mostly peaceful under heightened security measures, with a lot of riot police and special units and vehicles deployed around, including roadblocks, rooftop police surveillance, and a drone. A smaller group of counter-demonstrators gathers nearby in support of the asylum center, holding signs and chanting pro-refugee slogans with flags of Palestine. The demonstration reflects growing national tensions over migration as the country heads toward early elections following the collapse of the Schoof cabinet.

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2 July 2025

In Helmond, Netherlands, on July 1, 2025, Israeli flags are raised at the anti-asylum seeker center protest. A tense protest against the planned arrival of a youth asylum center in the city center of Helmond leads to the arrest of three people during the rally. The demonstration draws several hundred participants, including far-right political leaders Geert Wilders of the PVV political party Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid) and Thierry Baudet of the FVD Forum for Democracy (Forum voor Democratie) political party, who deliver speeches condemning the government and its asylum policies. Police detain two individuals for illegal weapon possession and a third for failing to provide identification. Despite the arrests, the protest remains mostly peaceful under heightened security measures, with a lot of riot police and special units and vehicles deployed around, including roadblocks, rooftop police surveillance, and a drone. A smaller group of counter-demonstrators gathers nearby in support of the asylum center, holding signs and chanting pro-refugee slogans with flags of Palestine. The demonstration reflects growing national tensions over migration as the country heads toward early elections following the collapse of the Schoof cabinet.

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#7022966

2 September 2021

Pro-democracy protesters gather during the demonstration at Asoke intersection in Bangkok on September 2, 2021. Protesters demand Thailand's Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha steps down and the government be held accountable for its gross mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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#7022976

2 September 2021

Pro-democracy protesters gather during the demonstration at Asoke intersection in Bangkok on September 2, 2021. Protesters demand Thailand's Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha steps down and the government be held accountable for its gross mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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#7022960

2 September 2021

Pro-Democracy protesters writing on a white fabric during the demonstration at Asoke intersection in Bangkok on September 2, 2021. Protesters demand Thailand's Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha steps down and the government be held accountable for its gross mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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#7022962

2 September 2021

A pro-democracy protester vender sale tear gas shell casing during the demonstration at Asoke intersection in Bangkok on September 2, 2021. Protesters demand Thailand's Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha steps down and the government be held accountable for its gross mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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#7022964

2 September 2021

A pro-democracy protester wearing red roses on her head during the demonstration at Asoke intersection in Bangkok on September 2, 2021. Protesters demand Thailand's Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha steps down and the government be held accountable for its gross mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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#7022968

2 September 2021

A pro-democracy protester install a poster with picture a PopCat and Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan O-Cha during the demonstration at Asoke intersection in Bangkok on September 2, 2021. Protesters demand Thailand's Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha steps down and the government be held accountable for its gross mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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#7022972

2 September 2021

A pro-democracy protester wearing red roses on her head during the demonstration at Asoke intersection in Bangkok on September 2, 2021. Protesters demand Thailand's Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha steps down and the government be held accountable for its gross mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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#7022974

2 September 2021

A pro-democracy protesterwearing a face mask with sticker is read "Chase Prayuth" and raise her three finger salute during the demonstration at Asoke intersection in Bangkok on September 2, 2021. Protesters demand Thailand's Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha steps down and the government be held accountable for its gross mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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#7022978

2 September 2021

A pro-democracy protester holds a placard and use a noise maker during the demonstration at Asoke intersection in Bangkok on September 2, 2021. Protesters demand Thailand's Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha steps down and the government be held accountable for its gross mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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#7022980

2 September 2021

A pro-democracy protester wearing a mask and raise his three finger salute during the demonstration at Asoke intersection in Bangkok on September 2, 2021. Protesters demand Thailand's Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha steps down and the government be held accountable for its gross mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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#7022970

2 September 2021

A man walks past a poster with picture a PopCat and Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan O-Cha during the demonstration at Asoke intersection in Bangkok on September 2, 2021. Protesters demand Thailand's Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha steps down and the government be held accountable for its gross mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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#7022958

2 September 2021

Political activist Nattawut Saikua (Red shirt) speaks with Sombat Boonngamanong (R) arrives at the demonstration at Asoke intersection in Bangkok on September 2, 2021. Protesters demand Thailand's Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha steps down and the government be held accountable for its gross mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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#5340246

19 January 2020

A man waves a flag of Tibet as activists gather at a rally in solidarity with the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong and in protest at China's treatment of its Tibetan and Uighur peoples outside the Chinese Embassy in London, England, on January 19, 2020. In its newly-released 'World Report 2020', New York-based research and advocacy NGO Human Rights Watch last week singled-out 'deepening repression' by Chinese authorities during 2019, including of religious freedoms in Tibet and in the Uighur homeland of Xinjiang, as the defining feature of what was the 70th anniversary year of the Chinese Communist Party.

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