Eastern Europe • : •
Sofia: Several hundred people protested peacefully on
Vitosha Boulevard on June 6, chanting "I can't breathe" and holding signs stating "Black Lives Matter". • : •
Prague: Around 300 people gathered at the
Old Town Square on June 6. Protesters then peacefully marched to the
US Embassy. About 4000 people had shown interest in the event before it was cancelled in order to comply with the restrictions due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic that allowed gatherings up to 500 people. After the cancellation,
Minister of the Interior Jan Hamáček stated that the limit did not apply to demonstrations. • : •
Budapest: 1000) --> Over a thousand people protested at the US Embassy on June 7. On June 16, the bust of
Winston Churchill in the
City Park was vandalised with the words "Nazi" and "BLM". A couple of hundred people held a protest against racism at the US Embassy on June 20. Far-right groups, such as the
Sixty-Four Counties Youth Movement tried to disturb the event, but after police intervention, the situation did not escalate. • : •
Gdańsk: About 200 people protested peacefully at
Town Hall on
Ulica Długa in solidarity with American protestors. •
Kraków: On June 7, about a thousand people gathered to march in Floyd's memory and to protest racism and police brutality. The march commenced in front of the
US Consulate General on
Stolarska Street and ended at . •
Poznań: Protestors dressed in black and marched quietly from to the US Consular Agency and then to Adam Mickiewicz Square, where some protestors laid on the ground, assuming the same position in which Floyd died. •
Warsaw: Several hundred people gathered on
Ujazdów Avenue in front of the
US Embassy to peacefully protest against the killing of Floyd, racism, and police brutality. Many dressed in black and chose to kneel. A spokesperson for the Varsovian police stated that the assembly was legal and prior notice had been given. • •
Bucharest: On June 6, over a dozen protesters assembled in
University Square for a brief demonstration and reading of grievances condemning police brutality and inequality. The protest lasted only a few minutes and ended before police could arrive. • : •
Moscow: Two people went to the
US Embassy to protest with a banner that sought justice for Floyd, demanded an end to fascism, and insulted the police. The two were detained by police shortly after they had set the banner up. • : •
Bratislava: Around 100 people gathered on June 1 near the US Embassy at
Hviezdoslav Square in peaceful protest, wearing face masks. • : •
Ternopil: A few students, many of them
Black, held a peaceful anti-racism protest on .
Northern Europe • :,
Copenhagen, June 7 •
Aalborg: Around 500 people marched through the city in a peaceful protest on June 9. •
Aarhus: Around 2,500 people gathered at the City Hall Square for a peaceful protest on June 3. •
Copenhagen: Around 2,000 people gathered in front of the US Embassy for a peaceful protest on May 31, followed by another with more than 15,000 people on June 7. They happened during the COVID-19 pandemic, when there were restrictions on the size of gatherings in Denmark, but demonstrations were explicitly exempt from these rules. The authorities recommended that everybody that had attended should request a test, which is free and easy in Denmark, and not dependent on one having symptoms. •
Odense: Around 300 people gathered for a peaceful protest on June 10. • : •
Tallinn: Around 500 people gathered in Tallinn for a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest on June 10, despite the social distancing measures being set at maximum 100 people. • : •
Tórshavn: Hundreds of people gathered in the capital to protest against racism and police brutality on June 9. One of the organizers stated that many from the Faroe Islands would not acknowledge the existence of racism on the islands. • :, June 3 •
Helsinki: Around 3,000 people gathered at
Senate Square for a peaceful protest on June 3. • : •
Saint Peter Port: About a thousand people attended a peaceful rally on June 20. Near the end they knelt for 8 minutes 46 seconds. There were no COVID-19 cases on the island at the time; the rally was originally scheduled for June 13, but was rescheduled to be held on the day the island came out of lockdown. • : •
Ísafjörður: About 100 people gathered at the centre of town for a solidarity meeting. People observed
8 minutes 46 seconds of silence before the meeting began. •
Reykjavík: Between 3,500 and 5,000 people protested in
Austurvöllur square on June 3, in the largest gathering in Iceland since public gatherings were first banned due to the
pandemic. The protestors also observed
8 minutes 46 seconds of silence. Protestors stated that although police brutality was not an issue in Iceland, racism still was. • : •
Cork: June 4:
Cork City Council opened an online book of condolences for citizens to express their sympathies to the family of George Floyd. June 5: Around 300 protesters marched from
Kent Station down Patrick Street to
Grand Parade. •
Dingle: June 8 : About 150 people held a peaceful demonstration on Main Street Dingle led by
indie pop band
Walking on Cars. •
Dublin: May 31: About 100 people held a peaceful demonstration outside the
US Embassy in Dublin. On June 1, thousands of marchers gathered again in Dublin to continue protests. •
Galway: June 6: Hundreds of protesters gathered in
Eyre Square to support Black Lives Matter. Speakers at the event also called for Ireland to end its
direct provision system. •
Kilkenny: June 3: Around 100 people took part in a vigil outside the
Tholsel in honor of George Floyd. June 8: Over 150 people marched through the streets in an anti-racism rally to the Parade, where a silent vigil was held. •
Limerick: June 6: More than 250 protesters met at Arthur Quay's Park to share their experiences about racism in Ireland, even though the organizers officially moved the event online for
social distancing reasons during the
COVID-19 pandemic. •
Waterford: June 6: Hundreds of people marched from the Clock Tower to the
Waterford Courthouse in an anti-racism protest. • : •
Douglas: June 9: More than 1000 protesters marched on the seafront before taking a knee in silence for
just under 9 minutes. At the time, there were no known active cases of coronavirus on the island. • : •
Vilnius: Around 1,000 people marched from the Cathedral square to the US embassy on June 5. • : •
Bergen: A gathering consisting of a couple of hundred protestors took place in the city center of Bergen on June 5. •
Kristiansand: Several hundred people met in the Kristiansand city center to protest police brutality on June 5. •
Malmö: Thousands of people gathered in
Ribersborg to protest against racism on June 4. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the police tried to shut the event down, but were unsuccessful. •
Örebro: More than 400 people gathered in Stortorget to protest against racism on June 5. •
Stockholm: Thousands of people gathered in
Sergels torg to protest against racism in solidarity with
Black Lives Matter on June 3. Due to the
coronavirus pandemic, the police shut the event down, so the protesters walked around the city instead. Protests became heated at times, as the police used tear gas against the protesters. •
Umeå: Over 50 people demonstrated in the city center on June 4. Over 300 gathered for a second protest in Broparken on June 6. The police allowed the protest to proceed, but arrested two counter-protestors who tried to start a fight with the protestors. in London on June 3 • : :: Starting on May 28, protests arose in nearly all major cities across the United Kingdom, including
Birmingham,
Liverpool,
London,
Manchester and
Newcastle. Many protests were organized by the
Black Lives Matter and
Stand Up to Racism movements. As well as providing solidarity to protests in the United States, many of the ongoing protests in the United Kingdom intended to highlight issues with racism faced from
law enforcement in the United Kingdom and in daily life, as well as highlighting wider non-racial issues of police corruption and brutality. The UK city of
Bristol made international headlines after protestors pulled down the
statue of Edward Colston, a famous Bristolian slave owner. Health Secretary
Matt Hancock urged people not to attend large gatherings, including protests, as
temporary regulations in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic prohibited public gatherings of greater than 6 people.
Southern Europe • : •
Andorra la Vella: About a hundred demonstrators gathered in
General Council Square to protest against racism on June 7. Protestors observed a minute of silence, and a manifesto denouncing the spread of racism was read. • : •
Zagreb: Some 400 people protested peacefully at
Victims of Fascism Square in Zagreb, on June 9, 2020. • •
Athens: June 1: About 300 supporters of the
Greek Communist Party's youth wing marched and demonstrated outside the
US Embassy in
Athens. On June 3, another demonstration was held with 3,000 protesters participating where they gathered at
Syntagma Square and marched towards the US Embassy peacefully, while some demonstrators were throwing Molotov cocktails towards riot police during the march towards the US Embassy. •
Thessaloniki: June 2: A group of protesters peacefully marched to the
US Consulate in the center of the city to show solidarity with the protesters and victims of racism and police violence in the United States. Protesters also burned an American flag in front of the consulate. on • : Starting on May 28, protests arose in nearly all major cities across Italy, including
Milan,
Naples,
Florence,
Rome and
Bari. Many protests were organized by
Black Lives Matter and many Italian associations. As well as providing solidarity to protests in the United States, many of the ongoing protests in Italy intend to highlight issues with racism faced from
law enforcement in Italy and in daily life, as well as highlighting wider non-racial issues of police corruption and brutality. • : •
Pristina: People protested near the
US Embassy, taking a knee and raising their fists. • : •
Valletta/
Floriana: About 300 people gathered in front of
Parliament House in an anti-racism protest on June 8. The protests showed solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and called for justice for the
murder of Lassana Cisse, a racially motivated murder of an Ivorian man in Malta in 2019. The anti-racism protesters were confronted by a group of anti-immigration protesters. The anti-racism protestors took a knee and observed a minute of silence while the anti-immigration protestors booed. • : •
Podgorica: About 100 people peacefully protested in solidarity with the international George Floyd protests, marching through the city and taking a knee at
Independence Square. Protestors also wished to highlight the racism present in their own country. • : on June 6 •
Coimbra: on June 6, hundreds of people gathered in Praça da República to protest peacefully against the murder of George Floyd and for the Black Lives Matter movement. •
Lisbon: on June 6, about 10,000 people gathered in Alameda D. Afonso Henriques and marched down Avenida Almirante Reis in a peaceful manner, echoing chants to remember George Floyd as well as local victims of racism and police brutality, like Cláudia Simões and Kuku, ending the demonstration in Terreiro do Paço. It was organized by a platforme of organizations, from black and antiracism collectives, to antifascists, students, environmental, feminists organizations. •
Porto: on June 6, about 1000 people protested peacefully in Avenida dos Aliados against the murder of George Floyd and racism in Portugal and Brazil. • : •
Belgrade: Members of the
Women in Black organization in Belgrade protested on
Knez Mihailova Street at
Republic Square. The group sought justice for Floyd and other victims of murders based on racism, as well as the end of the use of force by police against protestors. In addition, the organization requested that further militarization not be used against the protestors, and that criminalization of the
Antifa protests and protestors be stopped. on June 7 in
Madrid on • : •
Barcelona: Over 350 people protested outside the American Consulate General on June 1. A second demonstration took place on June 7, beginning at the
Plaça Sant Jaume. •
Bilbao: A demonstration on June 7. •
Canary Islands: Demonstration scheduled for June 14. •
Madrid: On June 7, hundreds of demonstrators surrounded the to protest the
murder of George Floyd. The attendance exceeded the number of 200 authorized in advance by the (reportedly at least tenfold). •
Murcia: On June 7, hundreds of people gathered near the Plaza de la Merced to honor George Floyd and denounce police brutality. •
Palma de Mallorca: A demonstration on June 7, with an estimated 800–1,000 protestors in attendance. •
Salt: 500 people read a manifesto and marched to nearby
Girona on June 1, and 300 marched in a second protest on June 7. •
Sitges: A demonstration on June 7. •
Tarragona: More than 500 people demonstrated on June 7. •
Vilafranca del Penedès: More than 100 people demonstrated on June 7. •
Zaragoza: Around 200 people demonstrated on June 2. • : •
Ankara: Police arrested 15 people for demonstrating in front of the
US Embassy in Ankara. •
Istanbul: About 20 people protested outside
Trump Towers Istanbul in
Şişli, on the European side of Istanbul, with about the same number of police officers in riot gear standing nearby. Protestors took a knee and raised their fists in solidarity. •
İzmir: The
Afro-Turk Association organized a march and rally in the port city to call attention to racial injustice and to raise awareness about the history of the African slave trade in the
Ottoman Empire that can be traced back to the 14th century.
Western Europe on June 4 on June 6 on at
Place de la République • : •
Vienna: About 50,000 mostly young demonstrators protested peacefully in a march to
Karlsplatz on June 4. • : :: People in Belgium protested to show solidarity with Americans and to demonstrate against issues with police or
racism. Vigils and protests of up to thousands of participants took place nationwide. Around 10,000 demonstrators came to the protest in Brussels. • :In 2016,
Adama Traoré, a 24-year-old Malian French man, died by asphyxiation while in police custody. In response, protestors in France had been seeking justice for him since 2016. When a police investigation exonerated the three police officers associated with his death in a report released at the end of May during the beginning of the George Floyd protests, protesters took to the streets in massive numbers, with roughly 20,000 demonstrators throughout France violating pandemic protocols to rally for him. Drawing parallels between Adama and Floyd, many protestors seeking justice for Adama also expressed solidarity with the American protestors seeking justice for Floyd, including Adama's sister. •
Bordeaux: About 300 people protested in
Parvis des Droits de l'Homme in front of the
French National School for the Judiciary. •
Lille: About 2000 people protested against racism and police brutality, seeking justice for
Adama Traoré. Police used tear gas. •
Lyon: Hundreds of people protested against racism and police brutality, seeking justice for both Floyd and
Adama Traoré. Police used tear gas. •
Marseille: Thousands marched in Marseille holding signs that read "Justice for all" and "No more murders" on June 2. •
Toulouse: 2000 people protested in Toulouse on June 3 at the
place du Capitole. •
Montpellier: 5000 people in Montpellier attended the ''Je n'arrive plus à respirer'' ("I can't breathe") march one June 3. People protested outside the
US Embassy. On June 2, thousands of protesters demonstrated in front of
the High Court of Paris at the Porte de Clichy in northwest Paris for Floyd and Adama. The protest was illegal due to coronavirus restrictions. Police used tear gas. Another protest occurred on June 13. Some counter-protesters shouted
antisemitic insults. The far-right
identitarian group
Génération Identitaire unfurled a banner from the top of a building which read "Justice for victims of
anti-white racism. White Lives Matter." The banner was torn up by residents of the building. On June 30, a Confederate flag was noticed at a window facing the street of a police barracks, probably hung here in opposition to the Black Lives Matter movement. in
Berlin • : :: Over 100,000 people protested in over 40 cities and in all 16
states of Germany. Many people called on German law enforcement to address their racist practices and use of violence. Over the course of one particular day, 93 arrests were made that had been reported by the media. • : •
Luxembourg City: Over 1000 people protested peacefully in
Limpertsberg in front of the
US Embassy, despite rainfall. Protestors also took a knee during the demonstration, which was organized by anti-racism organization Lëtz Rise Up. A police spokesperson stated that pandemic restrictions had relaxed slightly during the past month, and that people were allowed to demonstrate. One officer expressed his surprise regarding how strongly protestors adhered to precautionary measures. on June 1 on • : :: People in the Netherlands protested to show solidarity with Americans and to demonstrate against issues with police or
racism. Vigils and protests of up to thousands of participants took place nationwide. When asked to comment on the protests in the Netherlands,
Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that racism is not only an American issue and that racism in the Netherlands is a "systemic problem". • : •
Basel: About 5000 people peacefully protested against racism and police brutality. The protest was unauthorized, but the police did not stop it. Thousands of masks were distributed. •
Bern: • On 13 June 4000 people protested, many donning black clothes. Most of the protesters wore masks. • Dozens of people protested in front of the train station. •
Geneva: 10000) --> • A demonstration of 30 people on May 31 was broken up by police. • An authorized demonstration on June 9 brought over 10,000 people to march from to . The protest was split into groups of about 300 to conform with pandemic regulations. Protestors took a knee and raised their fists in solidarity. •
Lausanne: Several thousand people protested against racism and police violence, despite a ban on groups of more than 300 people. •
Neuchâtel: About 500 people protested in two separate groups in order to conform to regulations restricting such events to 300 participants. •
Zürich: 100s) --> • On June 1, a demonstration was held with estimates ranging from several hundred to 2000 participants. • On June 13, over 10,000 protesters marched peacefully through the inner city. Police initially tried to dissuade the protest, citing coronavirus-related health concerns, but ultimately permitted the march and oversaw its path. ==Americas==