Protesters in Belarus organized a march in Minsk that held an attendance of more than 100,000 people to precede other demonstrations later in the day. The march was held between 10 A.M. and 3 P.M., moving like water so that the police could not capture protesters. Few arrests were recorded during the march, and secret police were repulsed.
Police in Athens assaulted hundreds of protesters who gathered in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, including the former 17 November member’s son, who was arrested during a police advance as a water cannon volley slammed into the frontline of the demonstration.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Bogota for a 5th consecutive day of demonstrations against the privatization of healthcare and police violence in Colombia. Police attacked demonstrators, who gathered at a variety of sites across the city, using tear gas, tanks, and live rounds to attempt to suppress the protests.
Hundreds of Slovanian anarchists & autonomists took to the streets of Ljubljana after the eviction of the Rog autonomous factory, demanding that the state halt eviction of squats as well as of civilian homes during the pandemic. Police deployed tear gas against the demonstration and arrested several protesters, forcing the rest to disperse.
Protesters returned to the Bergen County Jail in solidarity with imprisoned migrants put in detention at the facility, demanding their release and amnesty for all arrested protesters during the clashes of December 12 that resulted in multiple arrests.
