{"id":59299,"date":"2026-05-16T18:09:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T22:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/fourteen-pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-before-eurovision-final\/16\/05\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T18:09:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T22:09:51","slug":"fourteen-pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-before-eurovision-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/fourteen-pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-before-eurovision-final\/16\/05\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourteen pro-Palestinian protesters arrested before Eurovision final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fourteen people who took part in a pro-Palestinian protest near the Eurovision Song Contest venue in Vienna were arrested on Saturday before the start of the competition&#8217;s final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The individuals arrested held an unregistered demonstration against Israel\u2019s participation to the contest and violated a ban on face coverings, a police spokeswoman told dpa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The demonstrators had gathered on the steps of the city\u2019s main library, chanting slogans and holding placards.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-accent\/2 pb-5 md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_1a758qoqk5slubsnqq5bH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_1a758qoqk5slubsnqq5bH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_1a758qoqk5slubsnqq5bH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As officers carried members of an initial group of protesters down the steps, a second group moved into their position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The library is located at a metro station close to the Vienna Stadthalle, the venue where the contest is being held.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Earlier in the day, several thousand people took part in a separate demonstration in Vienna against Israel\u2019s participation in the international music competition. That protest passed peacefully, with no arrests or major incidents, a police spokesman told dpa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/fourteen-pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-215317038.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fourteen people who took part in a pro-Palestinian protest near the Eurovision Song Contest venue in Vienna were arrested on Saturday before<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/fourteen-pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-before-eurovision-final\/16\/05\/2026\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/en\/dpa_international_526\/3186b8b821646df19075cd882ccb6358","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}