Farmers’ protests continue against 3 pro-corporate laws passed by the ruling conservative BJP party, during the All-India General Strike that over 250 million have joined, making it the largest in human history. Farmers broke through key barricades in Haryana, arriving at several border points, and preparing for a further march to Delhi.
Hundreds of protesters gathered at the Portland suburb of Tigard following the police murder of a mentally ill man with little apparent threat to the life of the officers. Following the realization that there was no police presence at the Tigard Police Department, demonstrators began smashing up windows and attempted to breach the facility until several police cruisers rolled in.
Over 150 protesters marched in Ioannina in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, moving through the center of the city with a steady pulse of chants and in the almost complete absence of a police presence.
Dozens of protesters in the Lebanese city of Acre blocked roads and protested to demand the release of imprisoned demonstrators in the Tripoli uprising of late January, in which one was killed and dozens were injured after the military opened fire.
Black Lives Matter demonstrators turned out in the hundreds to protest brutality in the local Providence Police Department, which similar to most, has suffered criticism of its handling and discrimination towards people of color and minorities. No major clashes with police occurred.
