Around 100 protesters in Patras marched in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, an imprisoned former member of the 17 November leftist urban guerilla, who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his return to the Korydallos prison where he will be able to see his family once again.
Thousands of pro-democracy protesters gathered in Thailand at Bangkok to demonstrate against the monarchy and military dictatorship in the country. Demonstrators dispersed peacefully before a man threw a bomb-like object at them and fired a handgun, injuring at least 3 but killing none.
Around 750 protesters marched in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike in Thessaloniki, demanding the immediate Greek government satisfaction of the former 17 November member’s request to be returned to his old cell at the Korydallos prison.
Anarchists in Portland protested and dropped a banner in solidarity with demonstrators in Colombia, in the midst of an uprising against corruption, wealth inequality, and police violence, who were met with incredible state brutality leaving dozens of participants killed by security forces.
Hundreds of students gathered at the Propylaea in Athens to demand the repeal of a law recently passed by the Ministry of Education which reintroduced police to universities for the first time since 1975, after which dozens were arrested at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki during a student occupation of the rector’s office.
