Teachers’ and doctors’ unions held a protest in Korai Square, Athens, and were surrounded by police forces seemingly fearing a riot breaking out by the hands of educators and medical workers. Demonstrators were then harassed while leaving, but no actual confrontations nor arrests occurred.
Credits to Nikos Christofakis.
Around 5,000 demonstrators marched in Girona and clashed with riot police to demand the release of Pablo Hasel, a Catalan rapper arrested for criticizing the Spanish monarchy. Youths smashed windows and placed barricades, throwing rocks at police who in response shot tear gas at the crowd.
Hundreds of demonstrators in Bangkok returned to the streets in opposition to the Thai monarchy as well as the resignation of Prime Minister Prayut, a general that took power after the 2014 military coup and is widely held responsible for lack of access to COVID vaccines.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Blanchardstown, a suburb of Dublin, after the police murder of George Nkencho, a mentally ill Nigerian immigrant. Demonstrators called for a criminal investigation into Nchenko’s murder by the Gardaí, and reform against racism within government services.
Dozens of protesters in Antofagasta took to the streets demanding the resignation of president Sebastian Piñera, famous for exacerbating disastrous neoliberal policies in Chile. Demonstrators also called for the abolition of the country’s national police force, the Carabineros, long marred by accusations of human rights abuses.
