There were also banners calling for a free press and for accurate reporting of the demonstrations and their causes.

As he entered the church, two parishioners unfurled a banner calling him an arsonist.

They held banners calling for "no more lies", "enough with the stealing" and "no re-election".

Some of them even carried banners calling for the establishment of a Tartar state within Crimea.

Some marchers carried banners calling for press freedom, unrestricted travel and free elections.

On the evening of December 26, the marchers converged on the railway station while holding banners calling for human rights and political reform.

By 9:30 p.m., they gathered behind parliament building with banners calling for the release of people detained earlier.

Others carried banners calling for an end to repression.

Protesters carried banners calling for better labour protection.

Thousands waved banners calling for the death penalty.