Hundreds of protesters in Thessaloniki marched in solidarity with the hunger strike of Dimitris Koufontinas, carrying banners in solidarity with the 17 November political prisoner and demanding the government accept his request to return him to his old cell at the Korydallos prison in Athens.
Via Chris Avramidis and Land & Freedom
German anarchists protested in solidarity with 4 arrested anarchists in Belarus (Ihar Alinewitsch, Dmitri Dubowskij, Dmitri Rezanowitsch and Sergei Romanov), facing trial for “terrorist activities” and “illegal trafficking in weapons and explosives”, being held in Minsk along with many other anarchists detained for various charges.
Around 600 protesters in Patras took to the streets demanding the repeal of a law passed by the Ministry of Education in Greece, which would allow police to re-enter universities for the first extended period since the fall of the military dictatorship following a disastrous war and student uprising in 1973-1974.
Police attacked Abolish ICE demonstrators at the Bergen County facility who were protesting in solidarity with the prisoners inside performing a hunger strike. Cops were filmed targeting a black protester, then arresting him. The Ridgewood for Black Liberation organization later stated that he had been released, but sustained injuries during the assault by police.
Anarchists in Thessaloniki gathered in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the Greek communist 17 November group who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens where he would receive better medical care and access to visitors.
