Deltaria

[Rogue]

BRANOVICE - In at least three of the four provinces protests have rocked the streets of major cities following the death of a 15 year old earlier this week in Branovice. The death of the child came about after he was arrested by Branovice Police for hanging socialist pamphlets throughout the city, which also included several anti-imperial and anti-religious pamphlets. Police arrested the child with violence, according to bystanders, and he was put in a van and driven to the nearby police station. He was kept there for days. Authorities would later confirm that he had died, sparking massive outrage amongst the local population. 

When news spread across the country, protests errupted in more cities and the anti-imperial and religious message was only echoed. So far, Imperial and local police have not acted upon the unrest, only issuing a statement calling the death "a unfortunate event" but reiterating that no form of anti-monarchist "propaganda" will be tolerated. Additionally, Deltaria's religious community has been using the event to point out their struggle for legitimacy, seeing the anti-religious element in the protests as a wider problem that needs to be adressed. It is estimated that around 200.000 Deltarians are currently participating in the protests, marking the largest protests since the consolidation of power by the monarch.