Lefkosa Antifa took to the streets in against state suppression of protests as well as in solidarity with refugees and immigrants in Cyprus after several incidents took place across the island nation. Examples included police in the center of the capital, Nicosia, harassing refugees and onlookers. Marchers held a banner reading in Greek, “There is no health without freedom!” condemning repression against protests in Cyprus.
Hundreds of protesters in Paris marched in opposition to Islamophobia and a Separatism Law being proposed in the French government, which would greatly increase the powers of the state to carry out surveillance on political and religious minorities under the guise of preventing radicalization.
Hundreds of protesters in Santiago took to the streets to demand the release of all political prisoners of Chile’s social uprising which began in 2019, as well as the resignation of right-wing President Sebastian Piñera. Police arrived with newly made militarized gear, including a tank never seen before, and furnished armored vehicles, one of which was used to drive into a demonstrator.
Hundreds of protesters in Patras answered the call to a national mobilization in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, marching across the city carrying banners in support of the former 17 November member and demanding his return to the Korydallos prison in Athens.
Dozens of protesters clashed with Carabineros in the central coastal city of Valparaíso in Chile, during a demonstration on the anniversary of the police murder of Neco Moras & Ariel Moreno during a football game in 2020. Extreme amounts of tear gas were deployed, in response to which protesters threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at armored vehicles.
