An uprising occurred at the Corinth refugee camp with participation from dozens of inhabitants who set fires and clashed with police after a 17-year-old Kurdish boy committed suicide after his 16-month detainment was extended on the supposed day of his release from the Greek camp.
Monthly Archives: March 2021
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Hundreds of protesters in Thessaloniki marched in opposition to state brutality and police repression during the COVID-19 pandemic, criticizing the state measures of police crackdowns instead of giving better funding to the healthcare system in Greece.
Hundreds of protesters in the Athens neighborhood of Gyzi took to the streets in opposition to police brutality and state repression in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, with police attacking recent mass demonstrations across Greece.
Hundreds of Cypriots took to the streets of Nicosia in opposition to corruption plaguing the government of the Greek part of Cyprus, which many say plagues the issue of protecting the environment and reuniting under a federal government with the northern Turkish government.
Dozens of demonstrators in the La Pincoya neighborhood of Santiago returned to the streets against the neoliberal police state in Chile, implemented and propped up by the right-wing president Sebastian Piñera. Police brutally cracked down on the protest, deploying water cannons and tear gas.
Around 1000 protesters in Bristol returned to the streets in opposition to a law that would expand police powers, restrict the right to protest, and also criminalize a nomadic lifestyle. Police brutally attacked the protesters, injuring many and deploying horses and dogs against the peaceful demonstrators.
Dozens of protesters in Antofagasta took to the streets demanding the resignation of president Sebastian Piñera, famous for exacerbating disastrous neoliberal policies in Chile. Demonstrators also called for the abolition of the country's national police force, the Carabineros, long marred by accusations of human rights abuses.
Around 150 protesters in Portland marched to demand justice for Patrick Kimmons, a victim of police brutality in 2018 whose case was reopened. Demonstrators sang chants against police, prisons, and capitalism as Kimmons' mother led the march demanding due process for her son.
Hundreds of farmers gathered at the prefecture of Clermont-Ferrand and clashed with police to protest a steep decline in money made from the agricultural industry, which, without any state aid, has contributed to the 2nd biggest cause of death for French farmers being suicide.
Around 1500 protesters returned to the streets of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district of Berlin, demonstrating against the eviction of the Meuterei cooperative, one of the last affordable bars in the city and a place of leftist organization in the FH-KB area of Berlin.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Thessaloniki in opposition to a law passed by the Ministry of Education in February, which would allow police to re-enter university campuses for the first time since the reformation of the Greek government after the fall of the military dictatorship.
Dozens of protesters in the La Pincoya neighborhood of Santiago returned to the streets against the neoliberal police state of Chile after brutal repression in a previous round of demonstrations. Police returned with water cannons and tear gas, gassing the residential neighborhood and its public spaces including a playground.
Hundreds of protesters in the Santiago district of Providencia gathered in opposition to SENAME, the Chilean national minors' service, widely despised for abuses towards children left in their custody, as 1,313 people had died in their custody between 2005 and 2016. Police attacked the demonstration, deploying water cannons and tear gas.
Hundreds of protesters in Patras marched from Georgiou Square in defense of the socialized healthcare system, with the crowd made up of teachers, healthcare workers, trade unions, student syndicates and anarchist collectives.
Around 2000 protesters in the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district of Berlin marched against the eviction of the Meuteri cooperative, one of the last affordable bars in the city and a place of leftist organization in the FH-KB area of Berlin. Police attacked the demonstration near the end of the march's course, making several brutal arrests and attacking random people.