Hundreds of health workers gathered at Plaza Dignidad to demand higher pay and a bonus for containing the COVID-19 pandemic, and to call for the resignation of President Piñera. Carabinero riot police arrived on the scene, violently arresting protesters and injuring dozens.
Thousands of Albanian protesters returned to the streets for a 6th day following the police murder of 25-year-old Klodian Rasha for buying cigarettes past curfew. Demonstrators lit cars on fire and threw Molotovs at police who deployed tear gas, flashbang grenades, and water cannons in response. At least 20 arrests were made.
Demonstrators in Paris, Marseille, Nancy, Lyon, Toulouse, and many other cities took to the streets as part of a sustained movement against the Global Security Bill that bans videos and photos taken of police ‘with the intent of doing harm to the officer in question’. Police in Paris assaulted protesters at the Trocadéro, deploying water cannons and arresting at least a dozen.
Dozens of students at the Industrial University of Santander protested on and shut down a road in front of the school, demanding the reopening of the school in order to continue to pursue their diplomas in an orderly manner with health measures in place to stop as many infections as possible.
Protesters gathered on the 15-month anniversary of the 18th of October Uprising to demand the immediate release of all political prisoners. They were met with heavy state repression, with Carabineros deploying water cannons and arresting anyone who came near them, detaining one woman for the offense of carrying a Mapuche flag.
