Tens of thousands of demonstrators march in Italy calling for end to war worldwide

Tens of thousands of demonstrators person taken to nan streets successful 7 Italian cities calling for an contiguous cease-fire successful nan Middle East, Ukraine and each world conflicts

ROME -- Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to nan streets successful 7 Italian cities connected Saturday calling for an contiguous cease-fire successful nan Middle East, Ukraine and each world conflicts.

Peaceful rallies were held successful Rome, Turin, Milan, Florence, Bari, Palermo and Cagliari, pinch nan support of hundreds of associations committed to peace, disarmament and quality rights.

The marches came successful consequence to escalating unit successful nan Middle East and increasing conflicts worldwide and denounced nan diminished domiciled of nan United Nations connected nan world scene.

In Rome, a fewer 1000 demonstrators marched waving a elephantine rainbow emblem successful beforehand of nan Colosseum and a banner pinch nan slogan: “Let’s extremity wars. The clip for bid is now!”

“The warfare successful Ukraine has been going connected for years now and what was nan result? Nothing. … There are only a batch of Ukrainian and Russian group who died, galore soldiers and galore children,” said Daniela Ferraci, a demonstrator successful nan Italian capital. “The aforesaid is happening successful Gaza, successful Israel, successful Lebanon."

Giulio Marcon, 1 of nan organizers of nan Rome rally, said “wars are ne'er resolving problems.”

“War brings much war, weapons bring much weapons. We must take nan way of negotiation, cease-fire and diplomacy. This is nan connection from this square,” he said.

Maurizio Landini, leader of Italy's CGIL waste and acquisition union, called for nan domiciled of world diplomacy to beryllium reaffirmed.

“Our strongest petition is simply a ceasefire to fto governments unfastened a existent bid conference, because nan caller world’s equilibrium can’t beryllium decided by wars,” he said connected stage.