Thousands of protesters in Barcelona marched to demand the release of Pablo Hasel, a left-wing Catalan rapper arrested and facing charges for criticizing the Spanish monarchy. Many ATMs and banks were destroyed/broken into, and a police vehicle was set on fire as well.
Daily Archives: February 27, 2021
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Over 2000 people gathered at Syntagma Square in front of Parliament in Athens in solidarity with the Dimitris Koufontinas hunger strike, leaving police extremely confused after being undermanned due to claims that the demonstration had been hastily unplanned. Protesters marched through Omonia to Exarcheia before later dispersing.
Around 150 protesters took to the streets of Portland's Pearl District to demand the abolition of Immigration & Customs Enforcement, a widely hated agency in the United States due to its job of carrying out deportations. The local USCIS office was covered in graffiti, and a police car was smashed in before law enforcement arrived on the scene, arresting 2 people and attacking a journalist.
Anarchists in Athens threw Molotov cocktails at the town hall of Moschato in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, torching and severely damaging the registry office.
Anarchists in the northeastern Greek city of Komotini torched 2 ATMs in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, one belonging to Piraeus Bank and the other to Ethniki.
Dozens of protesters in Agrinio returned to the streets in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, gathering at Dimadi Square before marching to the city center with a heavy police presence that confronted but did not attack demonstrators.
Around 150 protesters in Girona gathered to demand the release of Pablo Hasel, a left-wing Catalan rapper arrested and facing charges for criticizing the Spanish monarchy and supporting the revolutionary Basque ETA organization.
Hundreds of protesters in Zaragoza gathered in solidarity with Pablo Hasel, a left-wing Catalan rapper arrested for criticizing the monarchy of Spain and supporting the former revolutionary ETA Basque organization.
Over 400 protesters in Berlin marched in solidarity with the Dimitris Koufontinas hunger strike, demanding the acceptance of the former 17N member's request to return to his old cell in the Korydallos prison where he will once again be able to see his family.
Protesters in Stockholm gathered outside of the Greek Embassy in Sweden in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, demanding the government accept his requests to be returned to the Korydallos prison before he dies of malnourishment.
Hundreds gathered in Barcelona to demand the release of protesters imprisoned during the uprising in solidarity with Pablo Hasel, a left-wing Catalan rapper arrested and facing charges for criticizing the monarchy of Spain and supporting the revolutionary Basque ETA organization.