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Vigil held on College Green in memory of Sarah Everard
Hundreds of people took part in a vigil in Bristol to remember Sarah Everard, whose death has prompted a public debate over women’s safety.
Despite organisers of the event asking people to stay at home due to Covid regulations, many people still made their way to College Green on Saturday evening to light candles, lay flowers and stand in silent contemplation.
A handful of police officers looked on as the vigil took place. It was a very different scene to that happening at a similar event on Clapham Common in London where police forcibly removed peaceful protesters.
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‘Sisterhood alone is not enough’, read one handwritten sign left next to a tree which became the centrepiece of the vigil.
Thirty-three-year-old Sarah went missing on March 3, having set off to walk home from a friend’s house in south London. Her body was found on March 10 in a wooded area of Ashford in Kent.
Hundreds of people attended the peaceful vigil on College Green – photo: Simon Chapman.
One of the organisers of the Bristol vigil posted a message on the event’s Facebook page, thanking those who attended the event.
She wrote: “What we had this evening was beautiful. To those who read poems, spoke for everybody, and read the names of the women lost already this year by violence, thank you so much.
“We will come back bigger when restrictions allow, please keep active, present, and stand together in solidarity.”
A tree became the centrepiece of the vigil – photo: Simon Chapman
Main photo: Simon Chapman
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