Around 400 protesters marched in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike in Patras, demanding that the Greek government immediately accept the former 17 November member’s request to be returned to his old cell at the Korydallos prison in Athens.
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Dozens of protesters in Athens gathered for demonstrations in solidarity with the November 17 hunger striker Dimitris Koufontinas, demanding his transfer to the Korydallos Prison of Athens. Despite gathering at the separate areas of Omonia, the Propalyaea, and Syntagma Square, police assaulted protesters at all 3 locations, making brutal arrests and attacking the press.
Dozens of protesters in San Juan returned to the streets in opposition to the privatization of electricity in the American colony of Puerto Rico. Dozens of police officers in riot gear assaulted protesters at the Convention Center, many of whom were seen displaying far-right iconography on their uniforms.
Hundreds of students gathered at the Propylaea in Athens to protest against the planned reintroduction of police onto college campuses, as they had been banned since the Polytechnic Uprising of 1973. Police kettled the crowd in but did not otherwise assault the demonstrators, as it would further reinforce their point.
Around 30 protesters gathered in Orlando in solidarity with Angelo Crooms and Sincere Pierce, two 16 and 18-year-olds shot to death by police last Friday. The family had organized a large rally on the 18th with a turnout of over 200, and expects to sustain these protests in order to provide pressure against the Brevard County Sheriffs’ Office.
