Hundreds of protesters in Santiago took to the streets to demand free tuition for all university students, starting off the day by placing barricades in the Pudahuel commune. Demonstrators then marched to Plaza Dignidad, where they were subjected to intense repression by police who used water cannons and tear gas on the crowd that had been peaceful until then.
Daily Archives: March 1, 2021
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Around 4000 protesters in Athens marched in solidarity with the Dimitris Koufontinas hunger strike, first gathering in front of Parliament at Syntagma Square and then marching to Omonia, chanting slogans against the Greek state and carrying banners in support of 17 November.
Around 80 protesters gathered in Corfu in solidarity with the Dimitris Koufontinas hunger strike, marching through the island's main town and hanging banners demanding the Greek state accept his request to return to the Korydallos prison in Athens.
Hundreds of protesters in Patras answered the call to a national mobilization in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, marching across the city carrying banners in support of the former 17 November member and demanding his return to the Korydallos prison in Athens.
Around 150 protesters took to the streets of Valparaíso to demand the end of femicides as well as access to free and safe abortions, something long denied in Chile. Demonstrators placed barricades, in response to which heavily militarized police arrived on the scene and attacked the crowd, making several brutal arrests.
Around 100 protesters in Antofagasta marched to demand the release of all political prisoners of Chile's social uprising and the end of femicides in the country. Demonstrators burned barricades and set up roadblocks, with police arriving shortly after and deploying water cannons on the small crowd.
Around 1500-2000 demonstrators in Thessaloniki took to the streets in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, demanding the government accept his request to be returned to his old cell at the Korydallos prison in Athens where he will be able to see visitors again.