A protest took place on the 21st of September, 2020 in New York City against the brutal fascist regime of Rodrigo Duterte, who has waged a drug war all across the Philippines which has led to tens of thousands of deaths. He has also enacted an extremely harsh martial law to put down any protests going on at the moment, as he is quickly prepared to put them down.
Hundreds of protesters in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli returned to the streets for a 2nd day of demonstrations against a curfew and lockdown enacted without any stimulus, which has led to many people working illegally. The military of Lebanon arrived on the scene after a militia’s headquarters were attacked, arresting several youths who did not disperse but rather regrouped around areas devoid of law enforcement.
Dozens of protesters gathered across Sudan for a 5th day after the removal of government subsidies on fuel and petrol, which raised consumer prices by more than 200%. Using previous tactics, barricades were burnt and roadblocks were placed in order to pressure for concessions.
Over a thousand employees rioted at a manufacturing factory in Kolar, near Bengaluru in the state of Hyderabad, where there were allegations of underpayment and wage cuts. The office of the Wistron company was completely destroyed, which creates iPhone 7 products for Apple. Police then arrived on the scene, dispersing protesters, who continued the strike but fled the scene.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of the Viña del Mar city in the Valparaiso metropolis on International Women’s Day, against government incompetence in combatting a rise in femicides as well as to demand safe and free abortions in all of Chile.
