Anarchists in Athens attacked the Kaisariani police station in solidarity with the Dimitris Koufontinas hunger strike, severely damaging one of the facility’s walls and destroying several motorcycles parked at the site.
Around 300 protesters in Thessaloniki marched to demand the repeal of a law passed by the Ministry of Education in February which enabled police to re-enter universities after their presence was banned with the fall of the military dictatorship in 1974 after a student uprising at the Athens Polytechnic.
Over 1000 students in Thessaloniki marched against police brutality and the government’s management of COVID-19, with hospitals filling up as the healthcare system in Greece becomes quickly overwhelmed in spite of overfunded law enforcement and armed forces in the country.
Hundreds of protesters in Chania took to the streets against the government’s handling of COVID-19 and police brutality in Greece, with the leading right-wing party continuing to fund police in spite of rapidly accumulating and overwhelming amounts of cases.
The Anarchist Political Organization in Athens protested outside of Parliament in Syntagma Square in solidarity with former 17 November member Dimitris Koufontinas, who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand a transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens, which would enable him to see visitors and receive adequate medical care. Police arrived at the scene in riot gear, detaining and later releasing everyone.
