Protesters in Luanda took to the streets against the unemployment rate, cost of living, and state corruption that has plagued the country since independence. Security forces opened fire, injuring at least 10 demonstrators and killing one.
Hundreds of protesters in the city of Armenia returned to the streets in opposition to the regime of Ivan Duque Marquez and the Tributary Reform, which would place taxes on basic goods and services in Colombia, such as basic utilities including internet, water, and electricity.
Hundreds of protesters marched in Chania to oppose a law proposed by the Minister of Education, Niki Kerameos, which would bring back police to university campuses in Greece for the first time since the fall of the military dictatorship in 1975.
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 2000 people gathered at Syntagma Square in front of Parliament in Athens in solidarity with the Dimitris Koufontinas hunger strike, leaving police extremely confused after being undermanned due to claims that the demonstration had been hastily unplanned. Protesters marched through Omonia to Exarcheia before later dispersing.
