Protesters in Yamoussoukro clashed with police amid protests against Alassane Ouattara, the sitting President who seeks a 3rd term. The opposition has called for mass unrest, with riots happening all over the country. 3 have died during unrest insofar.
Anarchists in the Southwest Youth Liberation Front gathered at the Central Juvenile Detention Center in Los Angeles to demand that all prisons for children be shut down, calling for no minor to be imprisoned in LA County and the United States. Police gathered in the dozens, detaining several participants and taking down personal information.
Thousands of protesters in Popayán took to the streets for a 4th day to demand the fall of the Tributary Reform, which would increase taxes on basic goods and services, as well as the privatization of hospitals and most healthcare. Police attacked the demonstration, tear-gassing the crowd and dispersing protesters across the city by nightfall.
Tens of thousands of protesters in Bogota returned to the streets for a 2nd day of demonstrations as part of a general strike against neoliberalism in Colombia and the Tributary Reform, which would put in place a tax hike on basic goods and services such as utilities including water and electricity.
Thousands of Iraqi protesters gathered in Nasiriyah over killings conducted by rogue Iranian-backed militias, responsible for numerous killings of activists and prominent anti-government figures, in the country gripped by police brutality that has killed over 600 demonstrators since October 2019.
