Germans protest against race bias

BERLIN — Thousands of people attended a protest against racial bias and other forms of discrimination in the German city of Dresden on Saturday, a week ahead of two state elections in the country’s east in which the far-right Alternative for Germany party is expected to make gains.

Saturday’s “Indivisible” demonstration in the capital of Saxony follows a protest under the same title in Berlin in October. Organizers said the Berlin protest drew more than 240,000 people.

Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported that up to 20,000 people gathered for the beginning of Saturday’s protest, and organizers later said it drew at least 35,000. Those who showed up included Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz, a leading figure in Germany’s center-left Social Democrats, who said “there is a great willingness to show that we must do something” and stand up for democracy.

Saxony has for years been a stronghold of Alternative for Germany.

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