ACTIVISTS unveiled a five-metre banner at Dyfi Bridge outside Machynlleth and a bridge in Aberystwyth in protest against the inauguration of Donald Trump as the president of the United States on Friday.

Campaigners from mid Wales joined hundreds of groups across the UK as part of the Bridges not Walls campaign by unfurling the large banner “to send a simple and hopeful message calling for a just and fair world without borders”.

A spokesperson for Mid-Wales Refugee Action said: “We want 2017 to be a year of building bridges not walls, for a world that is peaceful, just and free of oppression.”

As the banner was unfurled, activists joined hands together along the length of the bridge to “symbolise unity”.

Over 140 groups registered to take part in action on bridges across the UK.

The Mid Wales Refugee Action spokesperson added: “The Dyfi Bridge is a crossing point between north and south Wales, bridging communities and bringing people together.

“Whilst Theresa May, Donald Trump and Nigel Farage would rather build walls to keep people out - we say build communities, build bridges and build a better, fairer world.”

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