Dozens of protesters in Portland gathered on the first day of the Derek Chauvin trial, marching to the Justice Center and demanding justice for the murdered George Floyd.
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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.
Dozens of protesters in Xanthi marched against a law passed by the Greek parliament recently reintroducing police back to universities for the first time since 1975, which had catastrophic effects after 31 people were arrested by riot police at the occupation of the rector’s office at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets across Lebanon against corruption and oligarchy in the country, grappled by a massive economic crisis after the 2020 explosion of a plant which resulted in a nationwide movement being formed against the government. Protesters lit barricades and blocked roads, causing as much disruption as possible.
Hundreds of protesters in Asunción returned to the streets for a 4th consecutive day to demand the resignation of President Marito Abdo, following the collapse of the healthcare system in Paraguay after $1.6 billion mysteriously disappeared, so severe that elective surgeries, including appendix removals, were suspended, and medicine remained at a critical low. Police attacked protesters, forcing them to disperse with tear gas and water cannons.
