South Africans in Middelburg took to the streets in protest against the increased tariffs by the Steve Tshwete Local Municipality, clashing with riot police, which resulted in the torching of a bus and a truck at the scene of the demonstration.
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Hundreds of Thai protesters returned to the streets of Bangkok, demanding the end of the monarchy and the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut, a general who assumed power in a coup in 2014 and is widely held responsible for the lack of access to COVID vaccines. Police repressed the protest, leading to clashes throughout the day.
Hundreds of demonstrators in Bangkok returned to the streets in opposition to the Thai monarchy as well as the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut, a general that took power after the 2014 military coup and is widely held responsible for lack of access to COVID vaccines.
Dozens of artisanal fishers took to the streets across Chile against the environmentally harmful Dominga mine and the lack of benefits provided to them, demanding bonuses and subsidies for small fishing operations that are already provided to large corporations in the same sector.
Hundreds of protesters in Bangkok returned to the streets and clashed with police in opposition to the monarchy of Thailand, also demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut, a general who took power in the 2014 military coup and is widely held responsible for the mismanagement of COVID & lack of access to vaccines.
A motorcade and a demonstration occurred in Bangkok against the monarchy of Thailand and Prime Minister Prayut, largely held responsible for lack of access to vaccines and mismanagement of the pandemic. Both gatherings ended repressed, with demonstrators using fireworks in retaliation to police use of tear gas and rubber bullets.
Hundreds returned to the streets of Chile in support of political prisoners of the 2019 uprising as well as in opposition to the open-pit Dominga Mine in the Coquimbo region, near the extremely biodiverse ecosystem of the Humboldt Archipelago off the coast.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets and clashed with police in opposition to the monarchy of Thailand and the rule of Prime Minister Prayut, a general who assumed office in the 2014 military coup and largely seen as responsible for the mishandling of the pandemic and lack of vaccines.
Hundreds of protesters across Chile marched against the approval of the new open-pit Dominga mine, which threatens the ecosystem of the Humboldt Archipelago, one of the most biodiverse in the world. After it was approved, widespread clashes occurred, centered around La Serena, the capital of the Coquimbo region in which the mine was being built.
Thousands turned out for a 3rd day of mobilizations in Bangkok against the Thai monarchy and Prime Minister Prayut, a general who took power in a coup and is largely held responsible for the lack of access to vaccines in the country. Brutal police repression ensued, in which many were injured and one man lost his hand to a flashbang grenade.
Thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Bangkok in a second round of mobilizations against the monarchy of Thailand and the mishandling of the pandemic by Prime Minister Prayut, a general who took office in the 2014 military coup d'état. Despite police use of rubber bullets and tear gas, the crowd, angered by previous repression on August 7th, attacked and burned police posts.
Riots took place in the Polish town of Lubin after a police officer murdered a young man under arrest, asphyxiating him by placing a knee on his neck. Hundreds arrived at the local police station, chanting "Murderers!" and hurling rocks and Molotov cocktails at riot police. At the end of the day, more than 50 arrests were made by riot police.
Hundreds of insurgents and protesters across the indigenous region of Araucania in Chile carried out sabotage actions and demonstrations against forestal machinery and exploitation of ancestral Mapuche land, demanding its immediate handing over to the original tribes and families who inhabited it, many of who still exist displaced today.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Santiago in support of the political prisoners of the 2019 uprising in Chile, as well as anarchist and Mapuche insurgents. Demonstrators chased off police in Plaza Dignidad, who then returned and used water cannons and tear gas on the peaceful crowd.
Around 1,500 protesters in the Buenos Aires metropolitan city of Lomas de Zamora took to the streets demanding jobs programs, clean water for neighborhoods, and food for soup kitchens, in the midst of a crisis facing Argentina, with 42% of the population below the poverty line and a 10% unemployment rate. After clashes occurred at the municipal office, demonstrators returned to the streets in a peaceful march.