Reclaim the Night protesters call for rally to SHUT DOWN central London amid ...
Reclaim the Night protesters call for rally to SHUT DOWN central London as they raise signs saying 'we will not be silenced' and 'blame the system not the victim' amid spate of attacks on women after dark Reclaim The Night protestors marched from Marble Arch to Piccadilly Circus Annual march is to protest rape and male violence carried out against women Taken on particular meaning this year following Sarah Everard and other cases
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Hundreds of women have taken to the streets of London to protest against rape and male violence against women.
Demonstrators held up placards and chanted slogans as they marched from near Marble Arch to Golden Square in Piccadilly Circus on Saturday night.
Anneliese Dodds, Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, joined the protestors, as she urged them to 'shut down' the capital in a rousing speech via a megaphone.
The women-only march was part of the annual Reclaim The Night event, which first began in 1977, at the height of the Yorkshire Ripper killings.
The event has taken on a new meaning this year following a spate of attacks on women after dark.
These include Sarah Everard, who was abducted and killed by
