Anti-Racism Protesters Call for Defunding Police in London (+Video)
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Dozens of protesters gathered in London Sunday calling for the police to be defunded and the end of racial disparity in the NHS, as the Health Service marks its 72nd anniversary.
All Black Lives UK (ABLUK), which organized the protest in Bristol that led to the Edward Colston statue being pulled down, held a demonstration at Marble Arch on Sunday afternoon, the Daily Mail reported.
An ABLUK spokesman called for the abolition of 'racial disparity' within the Health Service, as the NHS celebrates its 72nd anniversary today.
The anti-racism group is separate from the main Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement but shares similar aims, organizers said.
Speaking to a crowd of about 100 people, ABLUK spokesman Tyrek Morris, 21, said: 'We are protesting for black lives and one of the demands we have is to abolish the racial disparity within the NHS, especially towards black women.
'We need to implement extensive measures to prevent the disproportionate suffering of black women in healthcare and bring to an end the significantly increased black maternal mortality rate.'
The journalism student also addressed reports around calls for the defunding of police.
ABLUK is also calling for the end of 'racial discrimination' in the criminal justice system.
The organisation also wants education reforms to ensure the curriculum provides an 'accurate account of colonialism and British black history'.
ABLUK have differentiated themselves from the main Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement.
Protesters at the ABLUK rally marched from Marble Arch towards Downing Street shortly before 3pm.
