Dozens of anarchists gathered at Georgiou Square in Patras in solidarity with D. Koufontina, a former member of the revolutionary anti-American November 17 group who was given 5 life sentences by the Greek government.
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Dozens of anarchists gathered at Georgiou Square in Patras in solidarity with D. Koufontina, a former member of the revolutionary anti-American November 17 group who was given 5 life sentences by the Greek government.
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Police in Athens brutally assaulted over 100 protesters demonstrating in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, an imprisoned former member of the 17 November left-wing urban guerilla who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his return to the Korydallos prison, where he will once again be able to see family and friends. Tear gas, flashbang grenades, and even the rare water cannons were deployed to contain a small crowd of people.
Hundreds of protesters in Neiva returned to the streets for the 4th day of a general strike in Colombia, demanding the overturning of the Tributary Reform, which would raise taxes on basic goods and services, and would also privatize hospitals and healthcare, which would make the health system similar to that of the US.
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Rochester the day after a police officer pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old girl, demanding an investigation into the event and the immediate dismissal of the officer responsible. Demonstrators marched to the police station, shaking barricades, before leaving to avoid arrests and dispersing shortly after with a caravan of support on their tail.
The Lebanese Army has reoccupied the ministries, and has cracked down hard on any dissent, brutalizing protesters that they find in the streets.