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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Dozens of protesters in Seattle gathered for a Black Lives Still Matter march, led by black abolitionists demanding the abolition of the SPD and ICE. Protesters sang chants against SPD, police, ICE, and prisons, blocking roads in order to disrupt activity as much as possible.
Protests have calmed down, although they are likely to flare back up after a massacre of protesters in Bogota on which there is currently no information. The indigenous people of Cauca in the Misak ethnicity took down a conquistador statue on the 17th as well.
Chilean communists took to the streets in La Florida to protest for the resignation of President Sebastian Piñera and the release of political prisoners, gathering in the dozens. The demonstration was organized by the 2nd Cell of Mayo and La Florida, a local communist organization.
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.
