Protesters in Graham, North Carolina in Alamance County took to the streets in a nonviolent protest near a polling station, upon which police began to pepper-spray demonstrators and arrested several people, raising a big show both online and in the city itself, which is a swing county for North Carolinian legislatures.
Over 100 student protesters marched in Tarragona, freedom for Pablo Hasel, a left-wing Catalan rapper arrested and facing charges of at least 9 months in prison for “supporting terrorism” and criticizing the Spanish monarchy.
Over 100 protesters gathered in Burgos to demonstrate in solidarity with Pablo Hasel, a left-wing Catalan rapper arrested and facing charges for insulting the Spanish monarchy.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Bangkok in opposition to the monarchy of Thailand and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, a general who assumed office in the 2014 coup d’état. During clashes in which police carried out severe repression, demonstrators returned the favor with fireworks and set a police van on fire.
Members of the Squatted Community of Prosfygika protested in solidarity with Abdullah Öcalan, imprisoned leader of the insurgent Kurdistan Workers’ Party in Turkey. Demonstrators demanded the end of isolated imprisonment for the rebel leader, who has not been allowed to have visitors during an extended period of his sentence.
