Dozens of protesters in Antofagasta took to the streets in opposition to the right-wing presidency of Sebastián Piñera and the release of all political prisoners of the uprising in Chile. Demonstrators burned barricades and blocked roads, ready to confront any police officers who arrived to disperse the demonstrators.
Dozens of protesters in Portland gathered at the Portland Police Association building in the city’s north, torching part of the building and burning the door. After riot police arrived on the scene, failing to make any arrests, demonstrators traveled to the ICE facility, also setting fires at the site before dispersing.
Thousands of protesters flooded the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, meeting at Al-Haboubi Square the day after nationalist and Islamist militias known as Sadrists burned the square and killed 5 people. Iranian militias and Sadrists later attacked the protesters, killing several via what appeared to be grenade launchers and assault rifles.
Around 80 protesters marched in Xanthi in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the 17 November left-wing urban guerilla who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his return to the Korydallos prison in Athens, where he would once again be able to see his family and other visitors.
Indian farmers on the road to Delhi continued their protests, clashing with police who attempted to barricade the border. Peasants at the border of Bajpur drove tractors through the police line, forcing it to open, and Maharashtra farmers at the Shahjahanpur border banged pots and pans against Narendra Modi during his negotiation address.
