Hundreds of Iraqi Kurdish protesters gathered in Sulaimania, meeting a heavy presence by the military and riot police, with armored fighting vehicles present across the city on all roads. 3 members of parliament were also arrested in Sulaimania after heavy police crackdowns with tear gas and rubber bullets led to dozens of detainmnents.
Hundreds of protesters in Santiago took to the streets to demand free tuition for all university students, starting off the day by placing barricades in the Pudahuel commune. Demonstrators then marched to Plaza Dignidad, where they were subjected to intense repression by police who used water cannons and tear gas on the crowd that had been peaceful until then.
Over a thousand protesters in Minneapolis marched for Dolal Idd, the 23-year-old son of Somali immigrants murdered by police in a parking lot for being in possession of a gun. Organizers called for prosecution against the police responsible, and an investigation of the raid into Dolal Idd’s home by police who put all the adults present in handcuffs.
Around 600 protesters in Patras took to the streets demanding the repeal of a law passed by the Ministry of Education in Greece, which would allow police to re-enter universities for the first extended period since the fall of the military dictatorship following a disastrous war and student uprising in 1973-1974.
Chileans took to the streets on the 18th, clashing with police all over Santiago and other cities as an anniversary of the […]
