Security forces in Baghdad opened fire on protesters demonstrating against the Al-Kazemi regime and sectarianism in the country, wounding over 150, and killing at least 7. Many who were waving dipped their flags into the blood on the ground, forging a new symbol of protest that immortalized the dead.
Hundreds of protesters in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli returned to the streets for a 2nd day of demonstrations against a curfew and lockdown enacted without any stimulus, which has led to many people working illegally. The military of Lebanon arrived on the scene after a militia’s headquarters were attacked, arresting several youths who did not disperse but rather regrouped around areas devoid of law enforcement.
The Revolution Now protests continue through the 13th amid increased calls for police defunding/reform and the killings of a dozen protesters over the last days. Many protesters have been met with brutality, but none more have been killed since the 12th of October.
Hundreds of protesters in Ahvaz, an Arab city in Iran, took to the streets in the midst of a water shortage in Khuzestan province. Police killed at least 4 demonstrators but were chased off by the large crowd.
Around 150-200 students in Patras took to the streets to decry a law passed by the Ministry of Education, creating a university police force in Greece which would exist for the first time since the fall of the military junta in 1974 after a failed annexation of Cyprus and a student uprising.
