Thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Cali for a 5th consecutive day, as part of a general strike demanding a halt to police violence and the privatization of healthcare. Police destroyed property and opened fire on the demonstrators with live rounds, injuring more than 10.
Greek riot police attacked the Athens Polytechnic University and arrested dozens of people who were there in anticipation of the yearly November […]
Protesters in Athens gathered to demonstrate against the closure of the Keramikos Health Center, a public doctors’ practice that served the community and was ordered to shut down by the government. In spite of a heavy police buildup at the site, no arrests were made.
Hundreds of students in the northeastern town of Komotini took to the streets against a law proposed by the Minster of Education Niki Kerameos, which would restore police to university campuses across Greece for the first time since the fall of the military dictatorship in 1975.
Lebanese protesters gathered at Al-Nour Square in Tripoli in opposition to Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, demanding his fall and the end of alleged rigged elections in Syria. The road was cut off, and barricades were placed and lit on fire at the scene.
