Hundreds of Chileans took to the streets across Santiago the day after the police murder of a street juggler in Panguipulli. Demonstrators gathered at several areas, including Pudahuel, Plaza Ñuñoa, Puente Alto, and Maipú, clashing with police and burning government structures.
Daily Archives: February 6, 2021
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Dozens of protesters in El Quisco took to the streets in condemnation of the police murder of a Chilean street artist in the city of Panguipulli; the crowd gathered in front of the local police station, setting fires and throwing rocks at the building.
Dozens of protesters in Antofagasta took to the streets after the police murder of a Chilean street artist in Panguipulli for the offense of failing to give his ID, burning barricades and shooting fireworks at police who arrived on the scene with armored cars and water cannon trucks.
Dozens of protesters took to the streets of Valdivia against the police murder of a street artist in the city of Panguipulli for the crime of not presenting his ID, with the crowd gathering at Simón Bolívar Plaza to demand justice for the killed juggler.
Dozens of protesters took to the streets of the Chilean town of Melipilla in condemnation of the police murder of a street artist in Panguipulli for the offense of failing to provide his ID on time. Demonstrators marched through the city and burned barricades on the commune's entrance to disrupt activity in the area.
Over 100 prisoners in the St. Louis Justice Center took over part of the prison, breaking open windows to the joy of many outside who gathered under the facility, dancing and chanting in solidarity with the inmates who said their human rights have been violated and PPE has been denied to them.
Hundreds of protesters marched in Athens in support of free speech and assembly on university campuses, which has been placed under threat by the possibility of police being restored to universities for the first time since 1975. Police followed the protesting students into a park with small children, forcing everyone out of the area in riot gear.
Dozens of protesters in Athens marched on the American Embassy to Greece in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of N17 on hunger strike since the 8th of January demanding his transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens, which would give him adequate medical care and the ability to see visitors.
Dozens in Thessaloniki gathered to oppose the Greek government's ban on protests, stating that the science shows that demonstrations do not cause an increase in coronavirus cases and simply exacerbate the extent of police repression.
Dozens of protesters gathered at the site of a houseless camp in Berlin, where more than 100 unhoused people were forced into transport buses without their belongings. Demonstrators banged on the fences to make noise and confronted police officers, although none escalated into arrests.
Hundreds gathered in Athens in opposition to the ban on demonstrations imposed by the Greek government, with organizations ranging from anarchist collectives to the Communist Party demanding the repeal of the law making it illegal to participate in protests.
Dozens of protesters in Washington DC took part in the weekly FTP March, moving through a popular area of the city and being assaulted by MPD officers who bike-checked demonstrators several times. Although police harassed marchers several times, no confrontations escalated into arrests.
Hundreds of protesters in the Champ Mars neighborhood of Port-au-Prince clashed with police the day preluding massive planned demonstrations against the Haitian "president" Jovenel Moise, seen by many as a dictator propped up by the United States and other western imperialist powers.
Dozens of protesters in Washington DC participated in the Black History Month march, speaking up about rampant human rights abuses committed by police and the government of the United States against queer and black people.
Over a thousand protesters gathered in Tunis on the 8th anniversary of the assassination of left-wing political figure Chokri Belaid, demanding the end of police in Tunisia and the release of over 1000 protesters and youth arrested since the beginning of the unrest in the country in mid-January.