Hundreds Gather in London for Rally in Support of Aleppo Civilians

Hundreds of people gathered at the gates of Downing Street in London on Saturday, October 22, calling on the government to take action to protect citizens in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo. Actress Carey Mulligan was among the speakers.

Despite a pause in the fighting to allow civilians to leave rebel-held sections of the city, the Syrian government has said it intends to retake the city and eliminate all rebel forces. On October 21, Prince Zeid bin Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, called the attacks on the city “crimes of historic proportions”, and the UN Human Rights Council voted to open an inquiry into human rights violations in the city. Credit: Instagram/Marnie Middlemiss