Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in Niamey, the capital of Niger, after a close election led to both candidates claiming victory in the first democratic election since independence in the poorest country in the world due to French interference with coups. Demonstrators in support of opposition candidate Mahame Ousmane gathered in front of a police station but were dispersed by police who fired tear gas.
Hundreds of protesters returned to the mansion of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to continue pressure against him to stop looking for a prospect in Biden’s cabinet, of which part he was attempting to become the Secretary of Transportation.
Dozens of protesters in the Bonilla area of Antofagasta returned to the streets for a 2nd consecutive day, demanding amnesty for all political prisoners of the 18th of October Uprising. In spite of heavy repression and the Carabinero use of rubber bullets, demonstrators held strong for hours from afternoon till nightfall.
Hundreds of protesters gathered at sites across Popayán, in opposition to the privatization of healthcare as well as police violence amid a general strike. Police responded with extreme violence, using tear gas and flashbang grenades against peaceful demonstrations.
Iranians placed and burned barricades on the Chabahar-Rusk transit route to prevent the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps to reach demonstrators in Sistan & Balochistan who took to the streets after the massacre of 37 fuel traders by security forces at the border with Pakistan.
