Iran Press /Europe: Protesters, including families and pensioners, began massing on five of London’s main bridges from 10am on Saturday. An hour later, all the crossings had been blocked in one of the biggest acts of peaceful civil disobedience in the UK in decades. Some people locked themselves together, while others linked arms and sang songs.
By 2pm the blockade of Southwark Bridge had been abandoned and protesters moved from there to Blackfriars Bridge, where organisers said they were soon to move west towards Westminster Bridge.
Demonstrators occupied Southwark, Blackfriars, Waterloo, Westminster and Lambeth bridges in central London.
The Metropolitan police said all the bridges had since reopened, and that most of the arrests had been for obstruction under the Highways Act.
Afterwards, demonstrators gathered in Parliament Square to hear speeches.
Also another demonstration took place in London on Saturday. Stand Up to Racism group held a protest in London on Saturday 17 November. The protest was organised to combat a rise in fascism and racism in Britain.
Participants gathered at noon (local time) at Portland Place and made their way (marched) to Whitehall, where a rally was held at 14:00 pm. The protests and demonstrations caused some public transportation disruptions in London.
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