Dozens of pro-Armenian protesters took to the streets across Brooklyn Bridge, marching through the area demanding US recognition of Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh. Protesters were pushed along by police, although no arrests occurred.
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.
About 100 protesters gathered in Manhattan for an Abolish ICE demonstration when a car drove through the crowd, killing no one but leading to the hospitalization of 6. The driver could be seen intentionally accelerating towards the crowd as the car rammed through, leading to her arrest.
Around 600-700 protesters in Thessaloniki marched in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, marching from the Statue of Venizelos to the city’s beach, demanding the immediate government satisfaction of the former 17 November member’s request to be transferred back to his old cell in the Korydallos prison.
The protests in Colombia have broadened to a national appeal, and have become more organized. 14 people have been killed so far, and the injury toll has increased above 400. Protesters have burned down over 56 police stations, and many of them have been converted into People’s Libraries and community centers.
