As the mayor of Chignautla is set to make water a privatized utility, citizens of the municipality have taken to the streets to make their voices heard. On Monday, protestors busted down the doors of town hall and set the building ablaze.
Demonstrations have continued into Tuesday, with the protestors blocking traffic on the highway. The mayor has denied that the water is being privatized, though speculation remains over his scarcely detailed “Drinking Water Operator System.”
Over 800 workers from the Chinese-backed mining company PT VDNI at Sultra in the southwest Indonesian province of Sulawesi went on strike demanding a fair wage and better working conditions. A number of buses and heavy vehicles were all burnt down. The PT Virtue Dragon Nickel Industry corporation both smelted and mined nickel, and other demands aside from a pay raise were a demand for 36+-month contracts.
Police in Brighton attacked a vigil in remembrance of Sarah Everard, a British woman murdered by a police officer weeks earlier before her body was found and charges were laid. 3 women were arrested at the vigil, with a heavy law enforcement presence in the area.
Hundreds of protesters in Chania took to the streets against the government’s handling of COVID-19 and police brutality in Greece, with the leading right-wing party continuing to fund police in spite of rapidly accumulating and overwhelming amounts of cases.
Dozens of protesters in Xanthi took to the streets in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, demanding the immediate satisfaction of his request to be returned to the Korydallos prison.
