Around 1000 Greek protesters in Heraklion gathered for a demonstration against police repression and brutality following the beating of a student in a Nea Smyrni, Athens park, and in solidarity with the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, which was invaded by law enforcement with 33 people arrested.
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Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Lleida to demand the release of Catalan rapper Pablo Hasel, who was imprisoned for insulting the Spanish monarchy. Following riot police tear-gassing the demonstration, clashes began to occur between law enforcement and youth, who placed barricades and threw rocks.
2500 protesters marched in Patras against the reintroduction of police to universities in a bill proposed by Greek Minister of Education Niki Kerameos, demanding the retraction of the law put forward by the leading conservative New Democracy Party.
Protests across Greece occurred on the anniversary of the 1973 Athens Polytechnic Uprising, and police enacted a national crackdown, brutalizing many demonstrators and arresting hundreds to thousands.
Around 50 protesters in Tunis marched to the Ministry of Commerce to demand food sovereignty and in support of agricultural workers’ protests against privatization and deregulation of the farming industry.
