Protesters took to the streets for anti-censorship marches between Kurapaty and Minsk, with protests also going on in multiple other cities, including Gomel and Lahoysk. Multiple union workers were also arrested during a strike, but later pressured into release.
French youth in Angers burnt cars and lit fires across the city for New Year’s, following the tradition of mass unrest every 1st of January in the country.
Tens of thousands of indigenous people once again occupied Plaza Bolivar in Bogota to protest massacres perpetrated by government-backed paramilitaries that kill hundreds to thousands of people every year. About 100,000 people demonstrated again, demanding the end of funding for paramilitary forces such as the fascist Black Eagles.
Hundreds of feminists marched in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, demanding justice for Victoria, a Guatemalan refugee who was murdered by police in Tulum via asphyxiation by putting their knee on her neck. Several windows were broken at the demonstration, and clashes with police occurred upon which most of the crowd dispersed.
Protesters mobilized in the region of Coquimbo at the Elqui Valley in defense of the flow of the Río Claro, demanding that plans to develop the region and develop power plants be overturned for the sake of the area’s environment.
