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Extinction Rebellion pour dye down the steps near the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, during a protest in solidarity with indigenous communities in Brazil who are dying from Covid-19
EXTINCTION REBELLION doused the steps of Trafalgar Square with fake blood today to highlight the devastating impact of Covid-19 on indigenous people.
Protesters staged a die-in across the red splattered steps in central London and held up banners reading “Ecocide = genocide” and “indigenous emergency.”
Extinction Rebellion, which co-organised the protest with Brazilian indigenous movement APIB and the International Solidarity Network, said it wanted to draw attention to the impact of Covid on one of the most vulnerable communities in the world.
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