Hundreds in disability laws protest
Updated on 04 October 2007
Disabled people from all over Europe have converged on Brussels for a mass rally demanding EU-wide laws banning all forms of disability discrimination.
More than 1,000 demonstrators joined an outdoor ceremony near EU Commission headquarters, where a petition of one million signatures was handed in condemning EU failure to honour a promise to tighten up anti-discrimination rules.
British Labour Euro MP Richard Howitt, President of the European Parliament's All-Party Disability Rights Group of MEPs, said the event was an "acid test" of the EU's willingness to advance social rights.
These news feeds are provided by an independent third party and Channel 4 is not responsible or liable to you for the same.
