Nationalists gathered in Yerevan following a peace deal giving away Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijan signed by the Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan. Rioting and clashes with the police occurred all across Yerevan, with protesters storming the Parliament and lynching the deputy Prime Minister, nearly killing him. 17 opposition parties have called for protests the next day as well, and the crisis seems unlikely to be contained provided that Russian troops will remain in Karabakh only.
Protesters at various sites in Lebanon returned to the streets to decry state violence and repression against anti-corruption activists, demonstrating against government incompetence in handling hyperinflation and soaring gas prices. Demonstrators blocked roads with flaming tires, pressuring authorities to act with competence.
Around 150 protesters gathered in the Evanston college town in Chicago to demand the abolition of university police at Northwestern University and the surrounding residence in which its students inhabit. Around 75 heavily armed police units arrived at the peaceful demonstration, appearing as an occupying army but making no arrests.
About 15 Trump supporters in Philadelphia turned out at an anti-mail in protest, with about 100 counterprotesters arriving at 8 A.M. No clashes occurred, although many confrontations did, with counterprotesters dancing for hours on end to keep the Trump rally occupied.
Around 40 protesters in Xanthi took to the streets in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, marching to the local office of the ruling right-wing New Democracy party and throwing paint at its entrance following the Prime Minister’s statement that Koufontinas’ request would not be accepted.
