Malmö, Sweden – AFP Police pushed back protesters outside the venue of the Eurovision Song Contest final where more than a hundred demonstrators waved flags and chanted “Free Palestine”. Police, who confirmed having used pepper spray, later cleared out the square in front of the arena. Israel was one of 25 nations competing i...
Frankfurt, Germany — AFP Germany has said that calls to boycott Israeli artists at the Eurovision song contest were “unacceptable”, after demonstrators in host country Sweden protested against Israeli participation due to its ongoing genocidal military campaign in Gaza. Israeli singer Eden Golan qualified Thursday for this we...
Malmö, Sweden – – AFP After a run-up in the shadow of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, the Eurovision Song Contest final gets underway on Saturday in Sweden’s Malmo, where representatives from 26 countries will compete. Up to 30,000 demonstrators from the Free Palestine Movement are expected to protest against IsraelR...
An Iraqi refugee and a radical Christian have stirred controversy by demanding permission to burn a copy of the Quran in Malmo, Sweden, just before the Eurovision Song Contest begins on May 7. Salwan Najem and Jade Sandberg aim to carry out the act in protest against Islam, with Sandberg advocating for a ban on […]
Malmö, Sweden — AFP The Swedish city of Malmo is preparing to host the Eurovision Song Contest in early May under high security, amid protests over Israel’s participation. The war in Ukraine, and a heightened threat level in Sweden since August after a spate of offensive Islamophobic incidents endorsed by Swedish law spread anger a...
