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Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts

November 28th, 2012 by Giorgos Panagakis
Giorgos Panagakis
Athens, Greece, Europe
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Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
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A blind demonstrator with a loudspeaker shouting anti-goverment slogans urging people to resist new austerity measures.
Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
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Supporters of Disabled persons, including carers, hold a banner in front of the ministry of Finance.
Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
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The demonstration of the people with disabilities pasing through Syntagma Square on their way to the Ministry of finance.
Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
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People in wheelchairs demmonstrate in the Streets of Athens.
Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
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Holding black banners persons with special needs show their displeasutre with the austerity measures.
Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
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People holding placards with their demands, deaf people stand in silence in front of the entrance of the Ministry of Finance.
Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
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A deaf demonstrator stands in front of the demonstrators.
Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
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Banner hold by supporters of disabled persons.
Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
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The demonstrators gathered from all over Greece stood on the entrance for over 2 hhours demanding a solution to their problems.
Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
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"No to the modern Kaidas" meaning no the death of disabled people.
Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
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A banner held by people with PETT syndrome.
Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
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The entrance of the ministry of finance was blocked to the demonstrators so they were forced to stay in the pavement or in the road.
Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
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Holding pickets with the Guernica painting by picasso supporters of people with special needs show their support.
Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
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People in wheelchairs holding a banner that reads "No more cuts".
Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
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The entrance to the road was closed b both ends.
  • Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
  • Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
  • Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
  • Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
  • Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
  • Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
  • Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
  • Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
  • Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
  • Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
  • Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
  • Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
  • Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
  • Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
  • Disability groups demonstrate in Athens against benefit cuts
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Persons with special needs gather with their families infront of the Ministry of Finance in Syntgma square against continuous cuts to their benefits.

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Athens, Greece, Europe
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