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The Metropolitan Police are hunting for the trans-rights activists who have defaced a number of statues in Westminister.
Seven statues, including the Millicent Fawcett statue, were defaced with graffiti during a protest against the Supreme Court ruling on Saturday in which they demanded ‘trans liberation’ and ‘trans rights now’.
The statues of Jan Christian Smuts, Nelson Mandela, Sir Robert Peel, Benjamin Disraeli, Millicent Fawcett, Earl of Derby and Viscount Palmerston were all defaced.
‘F** rights’ and a heart were chalked onto the banner held by suffragist Millicent Fawcett, and ‘trans rights are human rights’ were spray-painted on the pedestal bearing a memorial to South African military leader Jan Christian Smuts.
The square is home to 12 statues of political figures including Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and Mahatma Gandhi.
Millicent Fawcett was a pioneer for women’s rights and led the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) and advocated for women’s rights through peaceful, non-violent methods, including lobbying and public speaking.
Officers are currently searching through CCTV footage from the surrounding area to find the culprits and are appealing to anyone