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| Jeremy Corbyn speech disrupted by Syria protesters | Jeremy Corbyn speech disrupted by Syria protesters |
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| Human rights campaigners have disrupted a Jeremy Corbyn speech in protest at Labour's response to the war in Syria. | Human rights campaigners have disrupted a Jeremy Corbyn speech in protest at Labour's response to the war in Syria. |
| They stood in front of the Labour leader, and held up posters calling for aid drops and sanctions against Russia, as he began a speech on human rights. | They stood in front of the Labour leader, and held up posters calling for aid drops and sanctions against Russia, as he began a speech on human rights. |
| Peter Tatchell, who led the protest, said Mr Corbyn had not spoken out enough to demand the aid. | Peter Tatchell, who led the protest, said Mr Corbyn had not spoken out enough to demand the aid. |
| But Mr Corbyn said Labour believed the war in Syria should end and aid should be given to people in war-torn Aleppo. | But Mr Corbyn said Labour believed the war in Syria should end and aid should be given to people in war-torn Aleppo. |
| Mr Tatchell told the event in London: "What's happening in Aleppo is a modern-day Guernica. | |
| "We expect the leader of the Labour Party to speak up and demand a vote in Parliament on UK aid drops." | "We expect the leader of the Labour Party to speak up and demand a vote in Parliament on UK aid drops." |
| Mr Corbyn was on stage with shadow attorney general Baroness Chakrabarti, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott and shadow diversity minister Dawn Butler when the demonstration happened. | |
| Baroness Chakrabarti could be heard advising the Labour leader "just let them do this". | Baroness Chakrabarti could be heard advising the Labour leader "just let them do this". |
| Mr Corbyn then consulted Ms Thornberry, asking: "When did we condemn the bombing?". | Mr Corbyn then consulted Ms Thornberry, asking: "When did we condemn the bombing?". |
| The Labour leader told the audience: "Emily Thornberry... has made it absolutely clear that we do think there should be aid given to people in Aleppo, we do think the bombing should end, we do think there should be a ceasefire, we do think there should be a political solution, we do think the war should end in Syria." | The Labour leader told the audience: "Emily Thornberry... has made it absolutely clear that we do think there should be aid given to people in Aleppo, we do think the bombing should end, we do think there should be a ceasefire, we do think there should be a political solution, we do think the war should end in Syria." |
| The main conflict in Syria pits the government of President Bashar al-Assad - assisted by Russian air power - against rebels backed by Turkey, Gulf states and the US. | |
| One key battleground is Aleppo, which was once Syria's commercial and industrial hub before the uprising against President Assad began in 2011. | |
| It has been divided in roughly two between pro-government and rebel forces since mid-2012, but in the past year, Syrian troops have broken the deadlock with the help of Iranian-backed militias and Russian air strikes. |