Around 30 protesters in Vienna marched in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, lighting flares and throwing paint at the Greek embassy to demand the immediate satisfaction of the former 17 November member’s request to be returned to the Korydallos prison in Athens.
Chileans in Antofagasta placed and burned barricades following the police murder of a street artist in the city of Panguipulli for not being able to present his ID before being shot in the chest several times by Carabineros.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Thessaloniki in opposition to a law passed by the Ministry of Education in February, which would allow police to re-enter university campuses for the first time since the reformation of the Greek government after the fall of the military dictatorship.
40 protesters gathered in Portland for a Black Lives Matter march after the decision made by the DOJ to acquit the murderer of Tamir Rice, moving from Director Park to SW Jefferson Street and then dispersing without any arrests made. Windows were broken, buildings were spray-painted, and paintballs were fired.
Around 1000 Greek protesters in Heraklion gathered for a demonstration against police repression and brutality following the beating of a student in a Nea Smyrni, Athens park, and in solidarity with the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, which was invaded by law enforcement with 33 people arrested.
