Anarchists in Thessaloniki gathered in solidarity with the former 17N member Dimitris Koufontinas, 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 the ability to see visitors.
Daily Archives: February 16, 2021
Around 50 protesters in New York City shut down the Brooklyn Bridge during a march to Foley Square in Manhattan to denounce numerous incidents of New York Police Department violence and intimidation against protesters, including extremely heavy buildups in previous incidents.
Hundreds of protesters in Valls took to the streets to demand the release of left-wing Catalan rapper Pablo Hasel, who was arrested and faces charges for insulting the Spanish monarchy. Demonstrators placed burned barricades, facing off with police but with no arrests occurring in a rare turn of events.
Thousands of protesters in Barcelona gathered to demand the release of Pablo Hasel, a communist Catalan rapper imprisoned on charges of insulting the monarchy. Significant clashes occurred between the angry crowd and overwhelmed riot police, who despite the use of munitions failed to quell the intense unrest for hours.
Thousands of Algerians returned to the streets of Kherrata on the 2nd anniversary of the birth of the Hirak movement, which peacefully brought down the military regime in the country. The first demonstration occurred on the 16th of February in 2019, with massive anti-government protests then spreading across the country.
Hundreds of youths in the city of Vic clashed with police to demand the release of political prisoner Pablo Hasel, a Catalan rapper arrested in Lleida under charges of insulting the Spanish monarchy. The city's police station was smashed in, and burning barricades were placed to stop the advance of law enforcement.
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.
Around 5,000 demonstrators marched in Girona and clashed with riot police to demand the release of Pablo Hasel, a Catalan rapper arrested for criticizing the Spanish monarchy. Youths smashed windows and placed barricades, throwing rocks at police who in response shot tear gas at the crowd.
Hundreds of protesters in València gathered for a peaceful demonstration to demand the release of arrested Catalan rapper Pablo Hasel, facing charges after insulting the monarchy of Spain. Police attacked the protest, brutally assaulting several participants and making arrests.
Members of the Lafkenche community belonging to Mapuche indigenous ethnic group in Chile burned barricades and protested in the Los Pellines sector to demand their land back and the removal of deforesting/real estate machinery from their territory.