Protesters gathered in Amsterdam in solidarity with Abtin Parsa, an Iranian anarchist who fled Greece after being charged with being part of a criminal organization. Both countries are currently seeking to extradite him from the Netherlands, and protesters demand that he stay in the country for his own safety.
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Around 1000 protesters in Thessaloniki marched on International Women’s Day starting from the Statue of Venizelos, demanding an end to patriarchal violence and oppression during a #MeToo wave of allegations of sexual assault and harassment against top officials in the Greek government.
Demonstrations occurred across Iraq against the administration of Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (Al-Kazemi), against whom outrage has been widespread for opening fire and killing 7 civilians in Baghdad during a demonstration earlier in October. It is estimated that at least 10,000 people took part in these protests.