Dozens of protesters in Berlin gathered to demand the release of Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the PKK imprisoned in isolation after being caught by Turkish government forces during a counterinsurgency operation.
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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.
Hundreds of Portland protesters marched to the Democratic Party of Oregon headquarters, smashing in windows and tagging graffiti before the crowd was brutally assaulted by police. Protesters then headed to Irving Park, where they saved a mother and child in a car accident before marching once again and returning without any confrontations with police occurring.
Dozens of protesters gathered in front of the Athens Military Academy, demanding the release of comrades there facing a court-martial and abuse. Demonstrators stated that physical intimidation and other irregularities would not be tolerated in their case.
Indigenous Kanakans gathered at a southern nickel factory owned by the Vale megacorporation based in Brazil, which the French government is working […]
