Thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Barcelona for a 5th consecutive day of demonstrations demanding freedom for Pablo Hasel, a Catalan rapper imprisoned for criticizing the Spanish monarchy. Windows were smashed and barricades were burned before dozens of riot police brutally kettled and assaulted the crowd.
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Turkish political exiles in Athens gathered in Protomagias Square and dropped a banner in solidarity with the student uprising at Boğaziçi university, demanding the resignation of the conservative-Islamist AKP-appointed university rector installed in January.
Around 150 protesters in Portland gathered for a direct action after the federal courthouse was once again opened back up. After several broken windows and a small fire, a massive security force poured out of the facility and launched chemical weapons against protesters, including the highly toxic HC gas.
Protesters gathered at the Port of Piraeus in solidarity with the hunger strike of Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the 17 November revolutionary urban guerilla, with his demands being an immediate transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens where he will be able to see visitors and receive better-quality medical care.
Hundreds of Portland protesters marched to the Democratic Party of Oregon headquarters, smashing in windows and tagging graffiti before the crowd was brutally assaulted by police. Protesters then headed to Irving Park, where they saved a mother and child in a car accident before marching once again and returning without any confrontations with police occurring.
