Anarchists in Heraklion dropped banners in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontina, an imprisoned former member of the revolutionary November 17 group who began a hunger strike demanding a transfer to a lower-security facility in the Athenian neighborhood of Piraeus.
Via Athens Indymedia
Thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Senegal for a 2nd consecutive day following the arrest of a prominent opposition leader, clashing with police and the military in several areas only for security forces to defect to the side of the opposition in others. At least 4 protesters were killed, with dozens of universities and schools going on strike and traffic shut down nationally.
Demonstrators gathered outside of the Office of Human Rights in Cancún, setting fires and spray-painting street art. Riot police arrived at night, and opened fire with live rounds at protesters, injuring 3 with bullets and wounding dozens of activists and reporters with batons.
Around 1000 protesters marched in Patras against police repression in universities, demanding the repeal of a law passed by the Ministry of Education allowing police to enter universities for the first time in decades since the fall of the military dictatorship in 1974.
Tens of thousands of protesters in Bogota took to the streets in opposition to neoliberalism and an increase in taxes on basic goods and services in Colombia. Police brutally assaulted demonstrators, shooting tear gas directly at the crowd and savagely beating peaceful protesters.
