Protesters took to the streets in Paris against new quarantine measures, feared to cause the closure of many businesses. Insofar, the Macron administration has refused to provide a stimulus, leading to protests across France. Clashes occurred in other cities, but none had occurred in Paris.
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Around 200 protesters gathered at Georgiou Square in the Greek city of Patras, demanding the end of a law proposed by the ruling right-wing Nea Dimokratia (New Democracy) party, which would reintroduce police to university campuses for the first time since 1975 and set limits on the number of years a student can spend on their degree.
Haitians took to the streets all over Port-au-Prince in the thousands on the 17th to protest against the allegedly corrupt regime of Jovenel Moise. Demonstrators set up barricades, and clashed with police, with several dozens of injuries but no deaths.
Dozens of protesters took to the streets of Larissa in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, marching to the city’s ancient theater and dropping banners demanding the immediate satisfaction of the hunger striker’s request to be returned to the Korydallos prison in Athens.
SARS, SWAT, the police, and the military all over Nigeria began a campaign of brutality against protesters on the 19th, killing several all across the country and allowing pro-SARS militants to roam free and brutalize demonstrators. Anonymous’ attacks continue to ramp up, despite being overshadowed by the attacks on protesters.