Pere Fornes
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Today Edinburgh saw over 1000 protesters participate in three separate demonstrations held across the city.
In the morning, about 50 people demonstrated against the Church of Scientology in Hunter Square. At the same time a pro-Beijing rally took place in which over 1,000 people demonstrated in favour of the Olympics and against the recent violence involving the Olympic torch.
But the most unusual demonstration took place in the afternoon. A rally in favour of US Presidential candidate Barack Obama was supposed to start outside the Scottish Parliament. However the number of people taking part was much lower than the organisers had expected, with around 40 turning up. A demonstrator said: “I don’t have anything personal against Hilary Clinton but Clinton means past and Obama means change.”
What was intended to be a rally ended up being a small demonstration outside the Scottish Parliament. Still Obama will receive a symbol of support from Scotland for his campaign. Kez Degeale, rally organizer, said: “We have a big banner which people are signing in support for Obama. We will send him the banner with all those signatures.”
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