After being threatened with arrest and years in prison by the Lagos State government, branches of Anonymous decided to take down the state’s website as a show of force. They also released a statement to the Nigerian government against interfering.
#Anonymous – A message to human race pic.twitter.com/WgxZOQCD9H
— Anonymous (@LiteMods) October 22, 2020
Anarchists in Thessaloniki gathered in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the Greek communist 17 November group who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens where he would receive better medical care and access to visitors.
Around 200 protesters gathered at Georgiou Square in the Greek city of Patras, demanding the end of a law proposed by the ruling right-wing Nea Dimokratia (New Democracy) party, which would reintroduce police to university campuses for the first time since 1975 and set limits on the number of years a student can spend on their degree.
Protests continue to grow in Nigeria, whose SARS police force has yet to be disbanded and is being replaced with SWAT, and recent leaks by Anonymous are only serving to aggravate the situation in the country. The hacktivist group had previously not been present, but it is likely that its new releases will bring forth a new wave of protests.
Dozens of protesters gathered at the Justice Center in Portland for a Stop the Fascist Coup demonstration, burning the American flag and a “Police Lives Matter” flag taken in Salem during clashes on the same day. Demonstrators then roamed through downtown, smashing windows of a Starbucks, Target, and a credit union, with no arrests occurring.
