Police to deploy 1000 officers to monitor May Day demonstrations in Prague

In related news, police have said that they will be deploying more than 1000 officers to monitor the 35 events scheduled to mark May Day in Prague this year. A police spokesperson said that the majority of officers would be sent to monitor a meeting of far-right extremists on Střelecký Ostrov, and a demonstration on Wenceslas Square, being held by supporters of the Czech Communist Party. According to the Czech police, the number of events being staged this year is particularly high because the Prague Jewish Community alone will be organizing some 20 or so rallies in the vicinity of the town’s historic Jewish Quarter. Jewish groups are staging so many events so as to prevent other groups, especially neo-Nazis, from holding rallies in the city’s Jewish district.

Author: Rosie Johnston