Protesters in Iraqi Kurdistan took to the streets after workers striking to earn their normal wages were tear-gassed and shot at, and burnt down several government buildings and clashed with police. A 23-year-old was shot dead outside of the Kurdistan Democratic Party HQ in Chamchamal, west Sulaimania province. Protests also occurred in Kifri, a southern city in Sulaimania.
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A crowd of 40 Loyalist youth gathered in Derry in opposition to customs being set up for travel of goods between mainland Great Britain and North Ireland, disrupting the Loyalist drug trade. The crowd threw a petrol bomb and other objects at police vehicles before dispersing without any arrests made.
Hundreds gathered in Bogota for a memorial protest in honor of Dilan Cruz, a university student killed in the 2019 protests in Colombia. Demonstrators marched down the commercial sector of the city, running into police during the march. The two sides clashed, with protesters cursing out the police as they left, appearing unwilling to fight.
French youth in Angers burnt cars and lit fires across the city for New Year’s, following the tradition of mass unrest every 1st of January in the country.