Tens of thousands of youth and students marched to the State Secretariat of Kolkata, the capital of the State of West Bengal, to decry the policies of the state government and in support of more education and job opportunities for the youth. Police brutally attacked the demonstration, making 42-500 arrests and leaving around 38-100 hospitalized.
Hundreds of protesters gathered for a 6th day of demonstrations in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center demanding justice for the police murder of Daunte Wright, an unarmed 20-year-old Black man. Police used tear gas and flashbangs, then kettling the crowd and making over 130 arrests.
On the 14th, Thailand banned protests from going on under the pretext of coronavirus restrictions. In response, thousands of protesters crowded 3 central areas of Bangkok, with most being unarmed and not ready to fight off a police response. Protesters were soon met by hundreds of police, who promptly began to march forward and aim water cannons at the protesters.
Dozens of protesters in Athens gathered for demonstrations in solidarity with the November 17 hunger striker Dimitris Koufontinas, demanding his transfer to the Korydallos Prison of Athens. Despite gathering at the separate areas of Omonia, the Propalyaea, and Syntagma Square, police assaulted protesters at all 3 locations, making brutal arrests and attacking the press.
Around 30 Greek anarchists returned to the streets of Livadia in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, gathering at the town hall and marching through the city center while dropping leaflets and cards.
