Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Peruvian capital of Lima, demonstrating against police impunity after 3 people were killed in a single day of farmers blockading the Panamerican highway. Organizers demanded charges for the killers and justice for the families of the murdered farmers at the agricultural strike.
Around 300 antifascists in Berlin took to the streets against skepticism of COVID-19 and fascist conspiracies claiming that the virus was created by a global elite, marching through the borough of Kollwitzkiez, slightly northeast of the city’s heart. Although a heavy police presence existed there, no arrests or confrontations took place.
Hundreds of protesters in Asunción gathered at Plaza de la Democracia to celebrate International Women’s Day, demanding the government of Paraguay crack down on femicides and work to stop the disappearances of women nationwide.
A wave of websites was taken down by several Anonymous groups as a part of the new #OpPeru against the Merino government, considered by many to be a coup. Several ministry websites were taken down, as well as those of the police, army, and Congress.
Anarchists in Exarchia, Athens, took to the streets demanding amnesty for the political prisoners arrested during the December 6 protests on the anniversary of the murder of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos. They began a protest at his murder site and later marched out in the dozens demanding charges be dropped against the arrested the day before. Delta riot police responded by chasing the tail of the protest and arrested several.
