Thousands of protesters in Thessaloniki marched after brutal police repression against a student occupation of the Aristotle University rector’s office, with 31 arrests being made and dozens of officers in riot gear blocking anyone from entering that area of the campus. As demonstrators pushed towards the courts, police released the 31 students to meet the elated crowd, singing chants against law enforcement.
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Thousands of protesters flooded the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, meeting at Al-Haboubi Square the day after nationalist and Islamist militias known as Sadrists burned the square and killed 5 people. Iranian militias and Sadrists later attacked the protesters, killing several via what appeared to be grenade launchers and assault rifles.
Hundreds of protesters in Pereira took to the streets in opposition to Colombia’s neoliberal policy and the Tributary Reform, which would raise taxes on basic goods and services such as water, electricity, and internet bills. After police tear-gassed the crowd in the night, strong clashes occurred with rocks and tear gas exchanged.
Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Santiago in a round of demonstrators to demand the resignation of right-wing president Sebastián Piñera and the end of decades of neoliberal policies in Chile. Police repressed the protest with water cannons and tear gas, dispersing the crowd which would soon reorganize at various sites across the capital.
Thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Senegal for a 2nd consecutive day following the arrest of a prominent opposition leader, clashing with police and the military in several areas only for security forces to defect to the side of the opposition in others. At least 4 protesters were killed, with dozens of universities and schools going on strike and traffic shut down nationally.
