Hundreds of protesters in Pereira took to the streets in opposition to Colombia’s neoliberal policy and the Tributary Reform, which would raise taxes on basic goods and services such as water, electricity, and internet bills. After police tear-gassed the crowd in the night, strong clashes occurred with rocks and tear gas exchanged.
Protesters in Onitsha, south of Abuja in Nigeria, blockaded the city’s gates and burned down its police station on the 21st in protest against the Lekki Toll Gate massacre and its fallout across the country.
Dozens of protesters in Patras marched in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, an imprisoned former member of the 17 November left-wing urban guerilla who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens, where he would receive adequate medical care and access to visitors.
Protesters took to the streets for Sean Kealiher, an anarchist killed by police earlier this year. The protest was flare themed, hence the name ‘Light The Sky for Sean’. It was a success, with no protesters arrested, and no police officers making it there in time to stop the demonstration.
Dozens of students at the Industrial University of Santander protested on and shut down a road in front of the school, demanding the reopening of the school in order to continue to pursue their diplomas in an orderly manner with health measures in place to stop as many infections as possible.
