Hundreds of protesters in Sudan took to the streets for a 3rd consecutive day in opposition to the removal of government subsidies for fuel and petrol, which raised the consumer price by more than 200%. Demonstrators blocked roads, burnt tires, and placed barricades in order to pressure the government to concede.
Dozens of protesters in the Bonilla neighborhood of Antofagasta burned barricades to demand the release of the political prisoners of Chile’s social uprising that began in 2019, also demanding the complete dissolution of the Carabinero national police force.
Police assaulted hundreds of cyclists in Santiago, who were participating in a protest bike ride along the Alameda to demand amnesty for all political prisoners. Carabineros in response to the peaceful demonstration deployed tear gas and water cannons against the crowd.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets across the Netherlands against a curfew set for 9:00 P.M., many a mix of migrants & poor people as well as adherents to QAnon-style conspiracy theories that believe that COVID-19 is a deep-state conspiracy. Police lost control of several cities, including Eindhoven, the Hague, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and many others.
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.
