Chilean medical workers in Santiago marched through the Alameda, many from the Barros Luco Hospital on strike, demanding a better budget for the health sector and raises for those at the frontlines fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Protesters gathered in Tinos against the installation of several wind turbines by the Greek government that would cause environmental damage and worsening of the quality of life for the residents of the island.
Dozens of protesters gathered in western Thessaloniki at Evosmos Square in opposition to the government management of the pandemic, forcing people to go out and work while enforcing a brutal lockdown against demonstrations of any kind at the same time.
30 Greek anarchists gathered outside of a prison in the Cretan city of Chania, near the rural prisons of Agyia. Demonstrators lit sparklers, launched fireworks, and chanted slogans to let those inside know that there exist people fighting for a world without jails.
Thousands of protesters converged on al-Haboubi Square in Nasiriyah, to protest against the Iraqi government’s repression of anti-corruption activists and the implementation of a curfew in several cities. Riot police then opened fire on the protesters, and, bizarrely, the Iraqi military began exchanging gunfire with riot police, resulting in at least 1 death on each side.
