Students at the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) began protests after the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) refused to give out the December allowances given to all students of South Africa. Demonstrators then proceeded to block the university’s entrances with burning barricades, before being attacked by police, leading to several arrests.
Around 100 protesters in Heraklion marched on International Women’s Day, demanding the fall of patriarchal violence and oppression during a wave of allegations of sexual assault perpetrated by top Greek government officials.
Over 20,000 Palestinian citizens of Israel took to the streets of Umm al-Fahm in opposition to discriminatory police brutality against the Arab community, following the IDF’s crackdown on a peaceful demonstration which resulted in 35 injuries, which included the city’s mayor.
Around 300 protesters in Frankfurt marched after a 19-year-old Iraqi refugee died in a hospital after being arrested for possession of marijuana. While in custody, Qosay Sadam Khalaf “collapsed” in his cell and was taken to a hospital, where he ended up dying. Police attacked the demonstration, kicking and punching protesters without provocation.
The 8th of October national strike was the final day of protest planned against the Job Creation Law, but it appears unlikely that the protests will stop anytime soon. The Parliamentary website has been hacked into by a division of Malay hacktivists, and the riots only intensified since the 7th.
