Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Neiva for a 5th day, demanding the immediate withdrawal of healthcare privatization and police violence amid a general strike. Despite police attacks with tanks and tear gas early on, the crowd remained peaceful after gathering near a local hospital in support of medical workers.
Members of the anarchist Animal Liberation Front destroyed 2 hunting towers in Germany, labeling the “sport” as a practice of murder of sentient beings for fun.
Protesters in Portland were first dispersed by the police after an unlawful assembly was declared, with a few protesters arrested and the demonstrators pushed down the road. A man was later seen pointing a gun at a member of the press, then exiting his car to yell ‘All Lives Matter!’ at the crowd. No one was harmed during the altercation.
Thousands of protesters in Barcelona gathered to demand the release of Pablo Hasel, a communist Catalan rapper imprisoned on charges of insulting the monarchy. Significant clashes occurred between the angry crowd and overwhelmed riot police, who despite the use of munitions failed to quell the intense unrest for hours.
Loyalist rioters in Carrickfergus, north of Belfast, burned dumpsters and trash on the street and threw petrol bombs at police to demand the repeal of the North Ireland Protocol, which sets up customs between Britain and North Ireland and disrupts the Loyalist drug trade.
