Dozens of protesters were arrested at the office of the ruling New Democracy Party in Moschato, Athens, demonstrating in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the leftist urban guerilla 17 November who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his transfer to the Korydallos prison, where he will be able to see visitors again.
Daily Archives: February 20, 2021
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Dozens of demonstrators gathered in Thessaloniki to protest in solidarity with Pablo Hasel, a left-wing Catalan rapper arrested by the Spanish authorities and facing charges for insulting the royal family.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Madrid at the Plaza de Callao to demand the release of Pablo Hasel, a left-wing Catalan rapper arrested in Lleida for criticizing the Bourbon royal family of Spain.
Dozens of protesters gathered at Syntagma Square in Athens for the release of Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the left-wing revolutionary group 17 November serving a life sentence; Koufontinas entered a hunger strike to demand his transfer to his old cell in the Korydallos prison in Athens, where he would again be able to see visitors and be able to receive medical care.
Around 10,000 protesters in the Greek-controlled part of Nicosia took to the streets against corruption and nationalism preventing negotiations for unification of Cyprus, an island long divided between the ethnic Greek and Turkish ethnicities. Demonstrators demanded the resignation of the current nationalist president and the development of a plan to bring the north and south of the island together as one.
Around 15 protesters gathered at the East New York Amazon facility in solidarity with Alabama Amazon workers' attempts to unionize, demanding that Amazon stop producing propaganda & surveillance to attempt to stop unionization from happening.
Dozens of protesters in Bellingham, Washington State, protested after the eviction of a houseless camp in the city, calling for resources to be placed on public housing rather than arresting houseless people and throwing all of their belongings in the trash.
Dozens of protesters in the island town of Palma took to the streets to demand the release of Pablo Hasel, a left-wing Catalan rapper arrested and facing charges for insulting the Bourbon royal family of Spain.
Around 80 protesters marched in Xanthi in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the 17 November left-wing urban guerilla who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his return to the Korydallos prison in Athens, where he would once again be able to see his family and other visitors.
Around 700 protesters took to the streets of Lleida, throwing rocks at police and blocking roads, demanding the release of Pablo Hasel, a communist Catalan rapper arrested and facing charges for criticizing the monarchy of Spain.
Hundreds of protesters in Málaga took to the streets to demand the release of Pablo Hasel, a left-wing Catalan rapper imprisoned and facing charges for insulting the Spanish monarchy, the Bourbon royal family.
Thousands of protesters returned to the streets for a 5th consecutive day of demonstrations demanding freedom for Pablo Hasel, a Catalan rapper imprisoned for criticizing the Spanish monarchy. Windows were smashed and barricades were burned before dozens of riot police brutally kettled and assaulted the crowd.
Over 20,000 protesters in Berlin marched after the first anniversary of the Hanau Massacre, in which 11 people were killed by a far-right winger. Demonstrators waved antifascist flags and carried banners against the extreme right, vowing never to allow the seeds of hatred to grow in Germany again.