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Chileans gathered in Santiago to protest against the violations of human rights by the state of Chile, carrying signs of eyes whose pupils reflected images of state torture. Demonstrators chanted and carried a slogan on a banner saying “The eyes of the people accuse the terrorist state,” demanding the resignation of President Piñera.
Hundreds of students, teachers. and allies in the Cretan city of Heraklion took to the streets against the reintroduction of police to universities, in a bill proposed by the Greek Minister of Education Niki Kerameos, a member of the ruling conservative New Democracy party.
Dozens of protesters gathered in Paris in solidarity with migrants being evicted from their camp by the French police, with many being assaulted, a journalist among them. Police violently tore up tents as protesters chanted ‘No Justice, No Peace!’ After police exited the area, activists and migrants cheered them off, before returning to tear-gas and attack activists and refugees.