Dozens across Sudan protested for a 4th day in opposition to the government’s removal of petrol and fuel subsidies, whose new prices for consumers more than doubled. Demonstrators blocked roads across the country and lit barricades, pressuring the government to act on their demands.
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Hundreds of youths in the city of Vic clashed with police to demand the release of political prisoner Pablo Hasel, a Catalan rapper arrested in Lleida under charges of insulting the Spanish monarchy. The city’s police station was smashed in, and burning barricades were placed to stop the advance of law enforcement.
Thousands of protesters marched on the Presidential Palace through the Alameda, clashing with police who used chemical water cannons which caused scars and burns on several hundred demonstrators. Several dozen protesters were also injured by police, with a few possibly suffering concussions from being slammed against a wall by a water cannon.
Over 150 protesters marched in Ioannina in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, moving through the center of the city with a steady pulse of chants and in the almost complete absence of a police presence.
Over 500 protesters in Berlin gathered to demonstrate against fascism, capitalism, repression, curfew, and state management of the COVID-19 pandemic. Antifascist flags were raised, and banners were dropped across the city declaring the continuation of the anti-state struggle.