Hundreds of health workers gathered at Plaza Dignidad to demand higher pay and a bonus for containing the COVID-19 pandemic, and to call for the resignation of President Piñera. Carabinero riot police arrived on the scene, violently arresting protesters and injuring dozens.
Over 100 protesters in Heraklion marched in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, demanding the immediate government satisfaction of the former 17 November member’s request to be returned to the Korydallos prison in Athens.
Dozens of protesters in Antofagasta gathered to demand the release of all political prisoners of the 18th of October Uprising in Chile, which sparked a massive protest movement still going strong almost a year and a half after. Protesters placed barricades, in response to which police brutally cracked down and used water cannons.
Ove 300 bikers sat-in El Parrón, demonstrating against a lack of regulations against drivers when driving near bikers, dozens of whom have been killed in recent weeks. Protesters joined the national bikers’ strike going on to pressure the government to change its measures and attitude towards the situation.
Dozens of protesters in Agrinio returned to the streets in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, gathering at Dimadi Square before marching to the city center with a heavy police presence that confronted but did not attack demonstrators.
