Protesters burned barricades and blocked roads at the Mar Mikhaël Church at the Medawar district of Beirut, demanding an increase in living conditions following the Beirut explosion. The military made several arrests at the site and forcefully reopened the area after detaining those present.
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Massive protests engulfed the capital of Thailand, with many demonstrators being students and anti-monarchy activists. The crowds measured above 150,000 in attendance in Bangkok alone, and several clashes occurred with police after protesters insulted the queen, which in the Kingdom is punishable by life in prison.
Hundreds of protesters marched in Portland the day after the police murder of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, a black man in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center, demanding the immediate prosecution of Officer Katie Potter. Demonstrators clashed with police at the Multnomah County Sheriff’s office, but no arrests were made. Police bullrushed the crowd and shot tear gas, in response to which protesters launched fireworks.
Demonstrators in Seattle dropped a banner in solidarity with executed prisoner Brandon Bernard, sentenced in 1999 to a death sentence for the […]
Deforestation equipment in Angol, a town in the area of Araucania, was sabotaged in support of Mapuche sovereignty and autonomy, on the anniversary of the murders of indigenous warriors Luis Marileo & Patricio González killed on the 10th of June in 2017 by ex-police officer Ignacio Gallegos.
