After the Polish Supreme Court ruled that abortion due to fetal defects was ‘unconstitutional’, providing a cassus belli to almost completely ban the practice, women’s rights activists took to the streets in spontaneous protest across Poland. A confrontation took place in Warsaw, with unarmed protesters being beaten and pepper-sprayed by police.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the northern city of La Serena, protesting for the resignation of Chilean President Sebastian Piñera, and the release of political prisoners as well as the COVID bonus for hospitals that was promised by the government but never arrived.
Demonstrators took to the streets nearly a month after the police killing of Andrew Brown, an unarmed Black man in his driveway, who was shot by multiple officers using assault rifles. Police did not make a presence during the demonstration and allowed the march to disperse peacefully.
Pensioners and elders in Minsk gathered in the thousands for a march against the Lukashenko regime, with sporadic protests occurring in other places as well, including other areas of Minsk and banner drops too.
Dozens of protesters in Seattle marched after the police murder of a mentally ill man with a knife, demanding the abolition of the Seattle Police Department and the creation of de-escalation methods to be put in place. Demonstrators threw objects at the West Precinct and broke windows nearby before dispersing with no arrests made.
