Around 700 protesters took to the streets of Lleida, throwing rocks at police and blocking roads, demanding the release of Pablo Hasel, a communist Catalan rapper arrested and facing charges for criticizing the monarchy of Spain.
Via CatInfo Lleida, Llibertat Pablo Hasel, SER Ràdio Lleida, & SEGRE
Dozens of protesters gathered in Columbus in the aftermath of the police murder of a man in a hospital, in which police shot the seemingly unarmed man as he attempted to escape the facility. Police attacked the demonstration, pepper spraying the frontline of protesters and making one arrest.
Thousands of women in Valparaíso took to the streets on International Women’s Day to protest against government incompetence in stopping femicides and to demand safe and legal abortions in all of Chile. Police attacked the demonstration, using tear gas and water cannons to disperse peaceful protesters.
Dozens of protesters gathered at the Gandhi Monument in Panama City to demonstrate on the anniversary of the American invasion of the country in which more than 5,000 people were killed. A coalition of groups gathered, mostly from the Marxist-Leninist SUNTRAC organization, burning and stomping on flags of the United States.
Around 400 protesters in Patras marched on International Women’s Day, calling for an end to patriarchal violence, oppression, and capitalism, as the #MeToo movement gripped Greece amid dozens of allegations of sexual harassment and rape against top officials in the government.
