Malawi Around 2,000 women in Malawi stage a protest against attacks on women wearing trousers, who were stripped in the streets by unemployed youths and street vendors.
Major social and political unrest Romanian protests: Thousands of people demonstrate demanding the resignation of president Traian Băsescu and the Boc II Cabinet.
Madagascar Madagascar's former President Marc Ravalomanana says he will return to the country after three years in exile.
2011–2012 Yemeni uprising 2011–2012 Yemeni uprising: The Yemeni government modifies a new bill that would have granted legal immunity to aides of outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Chilean Chile's Supreme Court convicts two retired generals of illegal weapons sales to Croatia in 1991 in violation of a United Nations arms embargo.
Salman Rushdie Writer Salman Rushdie withdraws from the Jaipur Literature Festival in India due to new concerns about his possible assassination.
Indonesia An Indonesian man is charged with blasphemy after saying that God does not exist on his Facebook page.
United Nations The United Nations says 120,000 people in South Sudan required aid amid tribal fighting.
Syrian uprising 2011–2012 Syrian uprising: At least 10 people are killed in violence after Friday prayers.