Protesters in Barcelona took to the streets against evictions going on in Catalonia, that have resumed despite a mass economic crisis and the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak in the entirety of Spain that has resurged. More than 2,000 attended, and clashed with police later on in the day.
Dozens of protesters in Quilpué marched to demand the abolition of the police in Chile after the police murder of a Panguipulli street juggler and the death of another man inside a police station. Demonstrators placed barricades to block traffic and occupied the city’s main intersection, disrupting activity on a day of national mobilization.
Chilean protesters in Longotoma at the Ruta 5 Norte of La Ligua barricaded roads in response to the Ministry of the Environment withdrawing the Supreme Decree that placed the Salinas de Pullaly wetland and Longotoma dunes as a nature sanctuary. This would allow businesses to destroy and pollute the habitat of thousands of species.
Baloch protesters at the Haqabad border security checkpoint in Zahedan took over local Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps offices in the city on the 2nd day of demonstrations after a massacre of 37 fuel smugglers at the Iranian-Pakistani borders. The crowd torched police vehicles and occupied the local buildings, taking down the flag of the IRGC.
Nigerian diaspora activists and their allies took to the streets across the world, from Russia to New Zealand. They demanded the end of arms sales to Nigeria, as well as the end of police brutality in the country as well. Thousands were in attendance in multiple areas, raising a big show that had never been seen before outside of Nigeria.
