Protesters in 2 sites in Athens gathered to protest against the incursion by police into Athens Polytechnic university and the arrest of more than a dozen occupiers of the university. The Polytechnic University in Athens had previously outlawed the presence of police on campus, and many wonder what justification will be cited for bringing them in.
Hundreds of women in the northern city of Antofagasta took to the streets on International Women’s Day, protesting incompetence by the Chilean government in stopping femicides and safe and free abortions.
Around 1500-2000 demonstrators in Thessaloniki took to the streets in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, demanding the government accept his request to be returned to his old cell at the Korydallos prison in Athens where he will be able to see visitors again.
Thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Cali for a 5th consecutive day, as part of a general strike demanding a halt to police violence and the privatization of healthcare. Police destroyed property and opened fire on the demonstrators with live rounds, injuring more than 10.
Dozens of Irish Catholics gathered in the Springfield Road area of west Belfast in reaction to previous violence caused by Loyalist groups upset with the creation of the North Ireland Protocol. Police used water cannons on the crowd but failed to put down unrest for another few hours.
