Protests in Bogota have effectively settled down with protesters holding on to ~56 CAI substations that they have occupied and beginning to develop community centers. Police still assault protesters and civilians in the streets of Bogota with water cannons and tear gas, but they frequently get pushed back as well by heavily armed protesters.
Thousands of Kurds took to the streets in Paris, demanding justice on the 18th anniversary of the triple murders of pro-PKK Kurdish activists in France, who were all found shot in the head execution-style. Many suspect that the MİT ([Turkish] National Intelligence Organization) was to blame for the murders, including French authorities themselves, who later caught the 34-year-old Ömer Güney, a maintenance worker in the Charles de Gaulle airport, with substantial evidence.
Hundreds to thousands of demonstrators marched in Lagos at the Tejuosho Area of Yaba, in what many call a 2nd wave of #EndSARS protests. Many mothers of victims of the Lekki Toll Gate Massacre participated in the demonstration, condemning a lack of action by the government in finding the perpetrators.
Hundreds of anarchists and socialists marched in Granada to demand the release of Pablo Hasel, a communist Catalan rapper arrested and facing charges for insulting the Spanish monarchy. Protesters placed and burned barricades, clashing with police who chased after the crowd.
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.
