Wednesday, 20 August 2014

Events marking the first anniversary of the Ghouta Sarin massacre

Below is a partial list – see here for more.

• BELGIUM

Brussels: Thursday 21 August, 6 pm at Gare Centrale.
Facebook event page.

• CANADA

Montreal: Thursday 21 August, 6:30-7:30 pm at Phillips Square.
Facebook event page via Ghouta – We Will Never Forget You.

Toronto: Saturday 23 August, 6 pm at Yonge-Dundas Square.
Facebook event page via Syria Solidarity Collective Toronto.

• FRANCE

Paris: Thursday 21 August, 6 pm at Fontaine Saint-Michel, Place St Michel.
Facebook event page.

• GERMANY

Berlin: Saturday 23 August, 4-7 pm at Alexanderplatz.
Facebook event page.

Frankfurt: Saturday 23 August, 2-5:30 pm, Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof.
Facebook event page.

Hamburg: Saturday 23 August, 5-8 pm at Ida-Ehre-Platz.
Facebook event page.

• IRELAND

Dublin: Thursday 21 August, 6-8 pm at the Spire.
Via Irish Syria Solidarity Movement.

• ITALY

Milan: Saturday 23 August, 5 pm at Duomo Di Milano, Via Pattari.
Facebook event page.

• LEBANON

Beirut: Thursday 21 August, 6:30 at Martyrs Square, Al Shouhada.
More at creativememory.org.
Via Global Campaign of Solidarity with the Syrian Revolution.

• NORWAY

Oslo: Saturday 23 August, 2-3 pm at Youngstorget.
Facebook event page.

Bergen: Saturday 23 August, 2 pm at Musikkpaviljongen.
Facebook event page.

Events are also planned in Stavanger and Larvik.

• SPAIN

Granada: Saturday 23 August, 7 pm at Plaza Nueva.
Facebook event page.

• SWEDEN

Stockholm: Thursday 21 August, 6:30-8:30 at Mynttorget.
Facebook event page.

• UNITED KINGDOM

London: Saturday 23 August, 2-4 pm at Trafalgar Square, followed by a walk to Downing Street to leave flowers.
Via Syria Solidarity Movement.

• USA

Boston – there are two events, one on Thursday evening, and one on Sunday.

Boston: Thursday 21 August, 7 pm, candle vigil at the Montserrat Aspirers Community Center, Dorchester, Boston.
Facebook event page.

Boston: Sunday 23 August, 12-2 pm, Boston Common.
Facebook event page.

New York: Friday 22 August, 5-8 pm at Times Square, 44th Street and 7th Avenue.
Facebook event page.

Washington DC: Thursday 21 August, 12 pm at The White House.
Facebook event page. Organised by 100000names.com.

See also events in Houston and St Paul on Saturday 23 August.