Demonstrators in Abidjan, the economic capital and heartland of the Ivory Coast, protested against the acquisition of a third term by sitting President Alassane Ouattara. Clashes occurred between police and protesters, with many fires set as well.
Dozens of German anarchists and abolitionists gathered in Flensburg for a noise demo of solidarity with prisoners on New Year’s, launching fireworks and firecrackers and marching through the city.
Hundreds of protesters in Santiago descended on Plaza Dignidad and clashed with police after the murder of a street artist in the city of Panguipulli for the crime of not carrying his ID. Despite being hit with water cannons, tear gas, and other chemical weapons, protesters were able to occupy the Plaza several times and hold it off from land assaults by law enforcement.
Thousands of protesters in Thessaloniki marched after brutal police repression against a student occupation of the Aristotle University rector’s office, with 31 arrests being made and dozens of officers in riot gear blocking anyone from entering that area of the campus. As demonstrators pushed towards the courts, police released the 31 students to meet the elated crowd, singing chants against law enforcement.
Hundreds in Athens marched to demand the end to the overfunding of police, to whom the government has been giving money instead of the long-overwhelmed healthcare system which is nearly at full capacity of ICU beds.
