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Activists in 'Statue of Liberty' dresses protest outside US embassy in UK

2017-04-28 09:22 GMT+8
Editor Li Yezi
Some 100 activists from Amnesty International, a London based human rights NGO, gathered at London's Grosvenor Square dressed in 'Statue of Liberty' dresses protesting against various Trump administration policies. Holding posters with slogans of "No ban”, “No wall" and “Refugees welcome”, the campaigners protested at the door of the US embassy in London to mark the first 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency.
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The US president will mark his 100th day in office this Saturday.
Sitting in opposition to the Trump administration, which has set a series of policies including multi-country travel bans, a 120-day halt to the US refugee resettlement program and plans for a wall on the US-Mexico border, the NGO’s Northern Ireland program director Patrick Corrigan delivered a dossier to US Consul General Daniel Lawton and pointed out 100 ways that President Trump has threatened human rights in his first three months in office.
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“The Statue of Liberty stands for American values of freedom and an age-old willingness to shelter people uprooted through war and persecution,” Corrigan said. “We continue to stand for those values, even while President Trump has shown that he cares little for what this great symbol of America represents.”
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Another group of protesters rallied simultaneously outside the US consulate general in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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