About 50 protesters gathered in downtown Jacksonville, protesting against Governor Ron Desantis’ ‘anti-mob’ law, which allows people to shoot protesters that are looting, and allows the running over of demonstrators if they are blocking a road. The parents of Devon Gregory were present, with a smaller protest for their child also happening in Miami.
Thousands of Kurds took to the streets in Paris, demanding justice on the 18th anniversary of the triple murders of pro-PKK Kurdish activists in France, who were all found shot in the head execution-style. Many suspect that the MİT ([Turkish] National Intelligence Organization) was to blame for the murders, including French authorities themselves, who later caught the 34-year-old Ömer Güney, a maintenance worker in the Charles de Gaulle airport, with substantial evidence.
Thousands of students from the Bosphorus University in Istanbul gathered at the South Campus to protest against the installation of a new university rector by the Islamist AKP ruling party. Police responded by firing into the peaceful crowd with rubber bullets and tear gas, arresting several demonstrators.
Dozens of protesters in Thessaloniki gathered outside of local courthouses in solidarity with those facing charges from clashes in recent student demonstrations against a law bringing police back to universities, which resulted in the arrests of dozens of people.
Chilean protesters gathered in Talcahuano to demand the resignation of right-wing President Sebastian Piñera and amnesty for all political prisoners of the 18th of October Uprising. Following through with the tradition of burning puppets of Piñera as they did on the 2020 New Years’ demonstrators lit a caricature of him on fire with gasoline.
