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| Kurdish protesters gather at Heathrow Airport as anti-Isis demonstrations are held across Europe | Kurdish protesters gather at Heathrow Airport as anti-Isis demonstrations are held across Europe |
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| Kurdish protesters have gathered at Heathrow Airport today as anti-Isis demonstrations were held across Europe. | Kurdish protesters have gathered at Heathrow Airport today as anti-Isis demonstrations were held across Europe. |
| Protesters across the continent have demanded more help for besieged Kurdish forces struggling to hold the Syrian town of Kobani. | Protesters across the continent have demanded more help for besieged Kurdish forces struggling to hold the Syrian town of Kobani. |
| Demonstrators in Heathrow's Terminal Two held flags and anti-Isis placards during a protest at the airport today. | Demonstrators in Heathrow's Terminal Two held flags and anti-Isis placards during a protest at the airport today. |
| A passenger at the airport said travellers were ushered into a separate check-in area as the protest took place. | A passenger at the airport said travellers were ushered into a separate check-in area as the protest took place. |
| Journalist Lisa Campbell, who was travelling to Frankfurt, told The Independent: "As I arrived at the entrance to the check-in lounge guards rushed out to turn us away, saying they are closing the entrance and to use the adjacent one. | Journalist Lisa Campbell, who was travelling to Frankfurt, told The Independent: "As I arrived at the entrance to the check-in lounge guards rushed out to turn us away, saying they are closing the entrance and to use the adjacent one. |
| "Passengers were diverted to use the alternate entrance and when we got into the check-in lounge the volume of the protesters' chants could be heard loudly over the announcements, it was quite an intimidating atmosphere. | "Passengers were diverted to use the alternate entrance and when we got into the check-in lounge the volume of the protesters' chants could be heard loudly over the announcements, it was quite an intimidating atmosphere. |
| "There were some sitting and some standing in a semi-circle form holding placards and banners about Isis. I think they were chanting 'Unite against Isis'. At one point they were chanting 'Women unite against Isis'." | |
| Riot police block Kurdish protesters as they gather in front of the entrance of the European Parliament in Brussels | Riot police block Kurdish protesters as they gather in front of the entrance of the European Parliament in Brussels |
| A Heathrow spokesman said: "There is currently a peaceful protest taking place in Terminal 2 in the departures area against Isis. | A Heathrow spokesman said: "There is currently a peaceful protest taking place in Terminal 2 in the departures area against Isis. |
| "Heathrow supports the right for peaceful protest. There is no impact on operations and passengers can travel as normal through the airport." | "Heathrow supports the right for peaceful protest. There is no impact on operations and passengers can travel as normal through the airport." |
| The protest was held as activists across Europe took part in demonstrations to demand more help for Kurdish forces in Kobani. | |
| Some protesters clashed with police in Turkey while others forced their way into the European Parliament in Brussels. | |
| Some European countries are arming the Kurds or firing airstrikes against the Islamic extremists, but protesters say it isn't enough. | Some European countries are arming the Kurds or firing airstrikes against the Islamic extremists, but protesters say it isn't enough. |
| Turkish police used water cannons and tear gas against demonstrators protesting along the Turkey-Syria border. | Turkish police used water cannons and tear gas against demonstrators protesting along the Turkey-Syria border. |
| In Brussels, about 50 Kurdish protesters smashed a door and pushed past police to get into the European Parliament on Tuesday, while 600 other Kurds demonstrated in Berlin. | In Brussels, about 50 Kurdish protesters smashed a door and pushed past police to get into the European Parliament on Tuesday, while 600 other Kurds demonstrated in Berlin. |
| Kurdish protesters overnight occupied the Dutch Parliament and protested at the French Parliament. | Kurdish protesters overnight occupied the Dutch Parliament and protested at the French Parliament. |