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Added on the 18/09/2021 09:25:48 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Protesters opposed to coronavirus restrictions gathered in Melbourne Saturday for an anti-lockdown protest, with a number of them arrested by police. IMAGES
Interim Ottawa Police Chief Steve Bell tells reporters that officers made 47 arrests Saturday in a final push to dislodge hundreds of protesters who have blocked the center of the Canadian capital for weeks. He also describes the moment a protester ignited a flare, saying that "officers used a chemical irritant also known as pepper spray to disperse unlawful demonstrators who were resisting police orders." SOUNDBITE
Anti-vaccine demonstrators and immigration rights protesters rally on two sides of the road outside a Melbourne immigration detention facility where tennis star Novak Djokovic is reportedly being held. IMAGES
People visit a Melbourne café after enduring one of the world's most prolonged series of lockdowns. The city's five million people have spent more than 260 days under lockdown since the beginning of the pandemic. But now that 70 percent of eligible people in Melbourne and surrounding Victoria state are fully vaccinated, restrictions that began on August 5 have been lifted. IMAGES
Around 200 protesters gather at the Shrine of Remembrance war memorial in Australia's Melbourne after marching through the city for a third day of demonstrations against mandatory vaccinations in the construction industry. Several arrests were have been made according to local media. It comes a day after more than a thousand demonstrators wearing work boots and hi-vis jackets rampaged through central Melbourne for hours. IMAGES