Dozens of protesters gathered at the Brickell City Center in Miami to protest against Florida Governor DeSantis’ riot bill, demanding the end of the law that could penalize participating in an unlawful assembly as a felony, and could also pardon drivers who run over protesters blocking a road.
Via Marco Frieri
Hundreds of protesters in Paris marched in opposition to authoritarianism and the far-right, decrying the rise of Islamophobia in France and increased police powers to carry out surveillance against political and religious minorities in the country, including leftist movements.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Puerto Montt on International Women’s Day, protesting against the government’s incompetence in stopping femicides as well as to demand safe and free abortions in all of Chile.
100 protesters gathered in Portland to demonstrate against the ongoing war in Tigray, a breakaway province of Ethiopia. Organizers called on the UN to take action amid accusations of genocide and at least 50,000 refugees and thousands dead, with ethnic Tigrinya people persecuted across the east African country.
Thousands of protesters in Barcelona gathered to demand the release of Pablo Hasel, a communist Catalan rapper imprisoned on charges of insulting the monarchy. Significant clashes occurred between the angry crowd and overwhelmed riot police, who despite the use of munitions failed to quell the intense unrest for hours.
