“Protesters sat on toilets on a beach in Rio de Janeiro to demonstrate against poor sanitation in the city.
The Meu Rio (My Rio) group carried out the bizarre protest because they were upset at the amount of untreated sewage being dumped into the sea each day.
As well as bringing their own toilets, the activists also marked out shapes of bacteria on the sandy Ipanema beach.
Protester Leona Deckelbaum said: ‘The Olympics are coming, the World Cup is coming, it’s a chance to draw attention and maybe the world can talk about what’s happening here in Rio.”* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.
*Read more here from Jimmy Nsubuga / Metro:
http://metro.co.uk/2014/01/26/protesters-angry-at-poor-sanitation-sit-on-toilets-on-beach-in-rio-de-janeiro-4277486/
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