Protesters gathered in the capital of Tigray, Mekelle, to demonstrate against war with Ethiopia and to allow humanitarian organizations to enter conflict zones. The Ethiopian government had issued a surrender ultimatum, but the Tigray People’s Liberation Front seems unlikely to accept it, which would cause further shelling of Mekelle and other major cities, as well as the prospect of a land invasion.
Dozens of protesters gathered at the Courts of Justice in Santiago, comprising of unionized health workers and families of political prisoners in Santiago. Medical workers demanded the release of political prisoners for both health reasons due to possible contraction of COVID, as well as the mental health effects comparable to torture due to isolation for months from friends and family.
Hundreds of women in the northern city of Antofagasta took to the streets on International Women’s Day, protesting incompetence by the Chilean government in stopping femicides and safe and free abortions.
Hundreds of demonstrators marched in New York City as part of the weekly Stonewall Protest demanding justice for black lives and all other victims of police brutality in the United States. Despite a heavy police presence, no confrontations nor arrests took place.
The supporters and members of the East York 50 marched to Victoria Park and the Danforth to demand the shut-down of the […]
