70 protesters gathered at the Spire on O’Connell Street in Dublin for a vigil for George Nkencho, a mentally ill Nigerian immigrant recently murdered by the police, calling for a criminal investigation into the national police officer who shot him 5 times.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Cali in solidarity with the Afro-Colombian community in Buenaventura, a vital Colombian port city under occupation by an armed gang that took over after government forces deserted the site.
The RAPP (Release Aging People in Prison) campaign demonstrated outside of the governor’s office, demanding the release of Arthur Green, a 70-year-old man who has been in prison for 44 years. He is currently dying of end-stage renal failure in prison hospice, and protesters call it inhuman to keep him away from his family during his last days.
Dozens of protesters gathered in front of the City Hall of Ohio in Columbus in opposition to Trump and a planned far-right event at the site, which only 1 person ended up arriving to. Demonstrators then marched to the Statehouse, finding a heavy police presence there that had seemingly been placed for inauguration security.
Hundreds of protesters in Barrancabermeja took to the streets in opposition to neoliberalism in Colombia and the Tributary Reform, which would impose taxes on basic goods and services such as electricity, internet, and water bills, as well as removing any existing government aid for low-income workers.
