Protesters in Antofagasta took to the streets, burning barricades and blocking roads in a round of demonstrations in support of prisoners of the revolt in Chile, demanding the immediate release and a general pardon for all convictions made with relation to the 18th of October Uprising.
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Over 2000 people gathered at Syntagma Square in front of Parliament in Athens in solidarity with the Dimitris Koufontinas hunger strike, leaving police extremely confused after being undermanned due to claims that the demonstration had been hastily unplanned. Protesters marched through Omonia to Exarcheia before later dispersing.
Demonstrations across Indonesia continue to rock the country as Parliament refuses to revoke the Omnibus Law, a much-criticized bill that passes neoliberal reforms including deregulation and cutting workers’ rights. Over 800 arrests were made up to the 11th of October, although protests continue across the country.
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.
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.
