“Thanks to around 100,000 people who were there on Saturday in Vienna. … an unmistakable, but at the same time enormously disciplined and completely peaceful sign of the will for freedom and the resistance against this … dictatorship and its coercive measures.”
On December 12, the leader of Austria’s right-wing Freedom Party, Herbert Kickl, thanked supporters in a Facebook post for showing up to demonstrate at the capitol in Vienna. The party had organized a rally against the government’s measures to curb COVID-19.
Last month Austria reimposed complex coronavirus restrictions, with some, including compulsory vaccination and lockdown for the unvaccinated, to begin in February.
Kirckl claimed a huge, peaceful crowd participated in the Saturday protest.
“Thanks to around 100,000 people who were there on Saturday in Vienna. That was an unmistakable, but at the same time enormously disciplined and completely peaceful sign of the will for freedom and the resistance against this turquoise-green Corona dictatorship and its coercive measures.”
These claims are false.
The police in Vienna estimated only 44,000 protesters. Although the demonstration was generally peaceful, some protesters attacked and attempted to assault journalists. Several were arrested for using fireworks and refusing to wear masks, the police said.
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