Dozens of protesters gathered in front of the Athens Military Academy, demanding the release of comrades there facing a court-martial and abuse. Demonstrators stated that physical intimidation and other irregularities would not be tolerated in their case.
Daily Archives: February 11, 2021
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Dozens of protesters in Thessaloniki gathered outside of local courthouses in solidarity with those facing charges from clashes in recent student demonstrations against a law bringing police back to universities, which resulted in the arrests of dozens of people.
Tens of thousands of youth and students marched to the State Secretariat of Kolkata, the capital of the State of West Bengal, to decry the policies of the state government and in support of more education and job opportunities for the youth. Police brutally attacked the demonstration, making 42-500 arrests and leaving around 38-100 hospitalized.
Around 1000 students in Patras returned to the streets on a 2nd consecutive day of protests against a law that reintroduces police to university campuses, passed under the ruling right-wing New Democracy government currently in control of Parliament.
Hundreds of students returned to the streets of Thessaloniki for a 2nd consecutive day in opposition to a law passed on the 12th which reintroduces police to university campuses for the first time since 1975. Police attacked the protest, deploying tear gas and other chemical weapons against the crowd that had been peaceful until then.
Thousands of students in Athens returned to the streets for a second consecutive day, demanding the repeal of a law proposed by the Minister of Education which would restore police to university campuses across Greece and the release of all 52 people arrested during demonstrations on the 11th. Unlike the previous day, police did not attack the protesters and the march remained peaceful throughout the day.
Protesters in the central city of Putaendo took to the streets and burned barricades to demand more access to water, which was compromised due to local government incompetence.
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside of the United Nations to demand an end to the war on Tigray, a northern breakaway province of Ethiopia that has been invaded and subject to thousands of civilian deaths, with human rights organizations blocked from entering the area.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Cali in solidarity with the Afro-Colombian community in Buenaventura, a vital Colombian port city under occupation by an armed gang that took over after government forces deserted the site.
Dozens of protesters in Berlin gathered to protest in solidarity with the Rojava government in northeast Syria, demanding the halting of Turkish military operations in the area against the Kurdish-led faction in the Syrian Civil War.