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Up to 50,000 in peaceful second night of anti-govt protests in Bucharest as Romania reels in wake of violent riot police intervention during massive Friday demonstration

August 11, 2018

​Some 50,000 people joined a new evening of anti-government protests in Bucharest on Saturday, a day after riot police forces violently ended a similar demonstration organised by Romanians working abroad. This time around, the protest was peaceful with no major incident, despite authorities failing to provide proper explanations for the way they used violence against harmless protesters a night before.

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