About 100 protesters took to the streets in New York against ICE and its brutal policies towards detainees captured in the United States and at the border, including but not limited to forced sterilizations of women as well as forced abortions.
Dozens of cyclists in Santiago took to the streets in solidarity with political prisoners of the uprising in Chile and against the right-wing neoliberal presidency of Sebastian Piñera. Police attacked the gathering, tear-gassing the cyclists and forcing them to flee the area.
Dozens of protesters gathered in front of the Athens Military Academy, demanding the release of comrades there facing a court-martial and abuse. Demonstrators stated that physical intimidation and other irregularities would not be tolerated in their case.
Over 5,000 protesters gathered to pay homage at the funeral of Luisa Toledo Sepúlveda, a leftist Mapuche activist known for continuing the legacy of her 3 sons murdered by the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile during the 1980s. Clashes with police and looting occurred along the caravan’s route, though the funeral itself occurred without incidents.
Around 30 protesters in Vienna marched in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, lighting flares and throwing paint at the Greek embassy to demand the immediate satisfaction of the former 17 November member’s request to be returned to the Korydallos prison in Athens.
