Dozens of workers at the Total Grandpuits refinery in France entered a 15th day of striking and attempting to halt access to the facility in protest against the company’s conversion plans, which trade unions estimate will lead to 700 layoffs.
Hundreds of protesters in Bogota marched during the national day against police brutality, demanding justice for Dilan Cruz, a student killed by police due to a tear gas canister to the head during the 2019 protests in Colombia. ESMAD riot police attacked the demonstration, deploying tear gas and injuring several people blocking roads near the center of Bogota.
Hundreds of protesters returned to Parliament Square in London to demand the nullification of a bill debated in the House of Commons and later passed, which would restrict the right to protest, raising jail sentences and increasing police powers. Demonstrators were assaulted by police, who made several arrests.
Over 100 prisoners in the St. Louis Justice Center took over part of the prison, breaking open windows to the joy of many outside who gathered under the facility, dancing and chanting in solidarity with the inmates who said their human rights have been violated and PPE has been denied to them.
Dozens of protesters in Minneapolis gathered at the Hennepin County Government Center, demanding a fair jury selection process in the Derek Chauvin trial, over which the police officer is being charged with murder after killing George Floyd via suffocation with a knee on the black man’s neck.
