Hundreds of protesters returned to the streets of Tripoli to demand an increase in living conditions in the northern Lebanese city which is primarily Sunni Muslim, and far poorer than most parts of the country. Anger had mounted over a protester killed by live ammunition the day before, with a demonstration taking place at his funeral and protesters later torching the municipality building.
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The Nigerian state has begun a campaign of violence and massacres across the country, with SWAT and the military opening fire on protesters, murdering more than a dozen on the Lekki Toll Gate. There are also rumors that the government will shut down the internet, therefore beheading the ability of social media campaigning that the protesters currently have.
Through the week of 13-20 September 2020, several activist groups belonging to the O’Odham and Kumeyaay indigenous tribes have been arrested for protesting the wall and halting construction. 2 O’Ohdham activists have been arrested on Class B misdemeanor charges, while other Kumeyaay protesters have been brutalized by police.
Dozens of protesters marched to the California State Capitol in Sacramento in opposition to a planned Trump event there, then splitting up into 2 groups and making noise outside of the Sacramento County Jail while marching through the city with an Abolish ICE Banner.
Anarchists in Thessaloniki gathered in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the Greek communist 17 November group who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens where he would receive better medical care and access to visitors.
