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.
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Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Bangkok in opposition to the monarchy of Thailand and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, a general who assumed office in the 2014 coup d'état. During clashes in which police carried out severe repression, demonstrators returned the favor with fireworks and set a police van on fire.
Thousands of protesters in Bogota marched on International Workers' Day for the 4th day of a general strike in opposition to an increase in taxes of basic goods and services and the privatization of hospitals in Colombia. Police attacked the demonstration, leading to clashes that occurred throughout the day.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets across Cali, demanding the immediate withdrawal of the Tributary Reform in Colombia, which would enact new taxes on basic goods and services for the lower and middle class in Colombia. Police responded with brutal repression, killing at least 7 protesters and firing indiscriminately with live rounds and tanks.
Tens of thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Cali for a 2nd consecutive day, as part of a general strike against neoliberalism and the ratification of the Tributary Reforms in Colombia, which would increase taxes on basic goods and services, such as utilities including water and electricity.
Dozens of protesters in Antofagasta took to the streets on the anniversary of the formation of the Carabineros, the national police organization of Chile. Demonstrators called for the agency's immediate dissolution, burning barricades and clashing with Carabineros who arrived to suppress the protest.
Thousands of students took to the streets of Thessaloniki to protest a law passed by the Ministry of Education which would create a university police force for the first time since the fall of Greece's military junta. Near the end of the demonstrations, clashes between demonstrators and police occurred, with Molotov cocktails and tear gas being thrown.
Loyalists in Belfast gathered against the North Ireland Protocol, which created customs between North Ireland and the rest of the UK, disrupting the Loyalist drug trade. Youth hijacked and burned a bus on Lanark Way, before then clashing with Catholics at the Lanark Way peacewall, where petrol bombs, rocks, and fireworks were exchanged before police arrived to break up the conflict.
Dozens of protesters in the Lo Hermida borough of Santiago took to the streets on the Day of the Youth Combatant, burning barricades and clashing with police who arrived in extremely militarized gear.
Thousands of protesters in Bristol clashed with police during a Kill the Bill demonstration in opposition to the restriction of the right to protest and the increase of police powers in Great Britain. Several police vehicles were torched, the police station's windows were smashed, and fireworks were shot at the scene.
Thousands of protesters marched after police assaulted a student occupation of the rector's office in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, making dozens of arrests while using people out of uniform to attack students. The following march resulted in clashes with Molotov cocktails, firebombs, and tear gas deployed, causing the crowd to flee after the police assault.
Over 10,000 protesters marched in the Athens district of Nea Smyrni after a couple in a park was attacked by police for supposedly violating COVID guidelines. Police attacked demonstrators with flashbangs and tear gas, which resulted in the crowd assaulting one police officer and leaving him with a nonfatal head injury. For the rest of the night, police ran around the area, brutally assaulting anyone who approached them.
Thousands of protesters in Santiago gathered during a general strike to demand the resignation of right-wing president Sebastian Piñera and the release of all political prisoners of Chile's social uprising since 2019. Demonstrators clashed with police for hours, until maintaining control of the Plaza and burning the statue of genocidal general Manuel Baquedano.
Thousands of protesters in Barcelona gathered to demand the release of Pablo Hasel, a communist Catalan rapper imprisoned on charges of insulting the monarchy. Significant clashes occurred between the angry crowd and overwhelmed riot police, who despite the use of munitions failed to quell the intense unrest for hours.
Thousands of students took to the streets of Athens, demanding the end of the law proposed by the Minister of Education which would bring police back to university campuses. Riot police assaulted the demonstration, sparking a series of clashes with Molotov cocktails, poles, and fire extinguishers between the crowd of students and law enforcement.