Dozens of protesters gathered in the Chilean city of Talagante after a femicide occurred that morning, with demonstrators facing off with police and demanding justice to be exacted against the perpetrator. A banner was also unfurled during the march, reading “Quien ama no mata, no humilla, ni maltrata”.
Hundreds of protesters in Sudan took to the streets for a 2nd day across the country to demand renewed subsidies for fuel and petrol, which were removed and raised prices for consumers by over 200%. Demonstrators set fire to barricades and blocked roads to pressure the government to act.
Protesters continue to take to the streets in Puente Alto and Santiago against the press coverage of the protests. The Chilean media has been criticized for its review of the protests, which has been overly anti-protester; it also has not touched very much on the 48 dead during the uprising in October until today.
Dozens of protesters gathered at Syntagma Square in Athens for the release of Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the left-wing revolutionary group 17 November serving a life sentence; Koufontinas entered a hunger strike to demand his transfer to his old cell in the Korydallos prison in Athens, where he would again be able to see visitors and be able to receive medical care.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Chania in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, demanding the Greek government’s immediate satisfaction of his request to be returned to his old cell at the Korydallos prison in Athens.
