Germans Protest Government’s Covid-19 Protocols

German citizens trooped out on Saturday in Berlin, protesting against the Covid-19 measures imposed by their government.

Reuters reports that the loose gathering, estimated by police at 15,000, included libertarians, constitutional loyalists and sceptics of the science behind policies to fight the pandemic.

They were said to be telling government that their rights and freedom were being trampled upon.

According to Reuters, protesters danced and sang ‘We are free people!’ to the tune of rock band, Queen’s ‘We Will Rock You’, while others marched with placards saying, ‘We are making a noise because you are stealing our freedom!’ and ‘Do think! Don’t wear a mask!’.

One of the leaders of the protest is a politician, Michael Ballweg, according to Reuters.

Reuters also reported that protesters were chanting “Our demand is to return to democracy,” “the mask that enslaves us must go.”