About 60 student anarchists in Patras gathered at Georgiou Square to demand that the plan to reintroduce cops on college campuses be revoked, hanging a banner in the area. Police blocked the road to protesters, who eventually retreated after a standoff.
Thousands of protesters gathered in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince to demand the resignation of US-backed president Jovenel Moise, seen by many as a tyrant who kills on behalf of the interests of neocolonial European & American interests, especially after his dissolution of Parliament in 2019. Police responded with extreme brutality, opening fire with live bullets and killing at least 1 activist.
Dozens of protesters gathered for a flash demonstration in front of the house of the President of Greece in Athens in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his return to the Korydallos prison, where he will once again be able to see his family and other visitors.
Pensioners and elders in Minsk gathered in the thousands for a march against the Lukashenko regime, with sporadic protests occurring in other places as well, including other areas of Minsk and banner drops too.
Protesters across France took to the streets after a law called the Global Security Bill was passed, which outlawed taking photos of police that could be used to expose an officer’s identity.
