Dozens of protesters gathered in Chania in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, demanding the immediate satisfaction of his request by the government to be returned to the Korydallos prison in Athens.
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside of the United Nations to demand an end to the war on Tigray, a northern breakaway province of Ethiopia that has been invaded and subject to thousands of civilian deaths, with human rights organizations blocked from entering the area.
Thousands of protesters in Ibagué took to the streets against neoliberal policy in Colombia and the Tributary Reform, which would impose new taxes on basic goods and services including utility bills. Police attacked the demonstration with water cannons, also making random arrests of demonstrators.
Dozens of Portland protesters gathered for an indigenous-led march in solidarity with the Standing Rock Youth 93 mile run in protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Demonstrators marched across the NE Portland bridge, singing indigenous chants, then dispersing after stopping at the Army Corp of Engineers office to demand that Biden respect native tribes’ wishes to rid their lands of pipelines.
Indigenous activists and allies gathered near Palisade, Minnesota, to protest against the Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline, marching down the Great River Road to the construction site, where speeches were given out and dances were performed. Later, protesters drove 45 minutes at a 2nd construction site, shutting down activity before sheriffs swiftly arrived and arrested several.
