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.
Youth returned to the streets of Trappes, west of Paris, during a 2nd night of confrontations with law enforcement at the city’s local police station, where fireworks and tear gas was exchanged between the two groups.
Greek anarchists in Athens gathered at RES in Athens in solidarity with the hunger strike of Dimitris Koufontinas, which began on the 8th of January to demand a transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens, which would provide adequate medical care and access to visitors.
Demonstrators took to the streets nearly a month after the police killing of Andrew Brown, an unarmed Black man in his driveway, who was shot by multiple officers using assault rifles. Police did not make a presence during the demonstration and allowed the march to disperse peacefully.
Thousands of farmers continued to gather at Ica, burning barricades in the Panamerican highway and effectively shutting down most travel in Peru. The cities of Parcona, San José de Los Molinos District, Santiago, Tate, and Pachacútec all had their access roads blocked, and Lima remained shut off from the rest of the country. Workers from the province of Pisco also went on strike, joining the Panamerican blockade in Ica.
