Dozens of protesters in Seattle marched on the anniversary of Breonna Taylor’s murder, a black women shot and killed in her sleep by police who raided her house with a no-knock warrant. Police attacked the crowd marching, beating many and making several arrests after trailing the demonstration on bike.
Protesters in Athens gathered to demonstrate against the closure of the Keramikos Health Center, a public doctors’ practice that served the community and was ordered to shut down by the government. In spite of a heavy police buildup at the site, no arrests were made.
Hundreds of students in Patras took to the streets to decry a law passed by the Ministry of Education, which would enable the government of Greece to create a police force in universities for the first time since the fall of the military dictatorship in 1974 after a failed annexation of Cyprus and a student uprising.
Massive protests engulfed the capital of Thailand, with many demonstrators being students and anti-monarchy activists. The crowds measured above 150,000 in attendance in Bangkok alone, and several clashes occurred with police after protesters insulted the queen, which in the Kingdom is punishable by life in prison.
Hundreds of protesters in Pasto took to the streets in opposition to the regime of Ivan Duque Marquez and the Tributary Reform, a law that would levy taxes on basic goods and services for the lower class of Colombia. Police attacked the peaceful demonstration, using water cannons and tear gas.
