Diaspora Guineans and allies turned out in Paris and London in support of the protests going on back in their home country against Alpha Conde, the sitting president who many claim won his third term through election rigging, in which more than 15 people have been killed in protests.
Thousands turned out near the Eiffel Tower in support of the Guinean protests against Conde.
Protesters in Athens gathered to demonstrate against the closure of the Keramikos Health Center, a public doctors’ practice that served the community and was ordered to shut down by the government. In spite of a heavy police buildup at the site, no arrests were made.
Hundreds of protesters in Ahvaz, an Arab city in Iran, took to the streets in the midst of a water shortage in Khuzestan province. Police killed at least 4 demonstrators but were chased off by the large crowd.
Anarchists in Athens dropped banners in solidarity with November 17 political prisoner D. Koufontina, who went on a hunger strike starting on the 8th of January demanding that he be transferred to the Korydallos prison of Athens, after being forcibly moved from the rural prisons of Volos to the high-security Domokou facility.
Around 5,000 demonstrators marched in Girona and clashed with riot police to demand the release of Pablo Hasel, a Catalan rapper arrested for criticizing the Spanish monarchy. Youths smashed windows and placed barricades, throwing rocks at police who in response shot tear gas at the crowd.
