A pan-ideological coalition of protesters in Patras marched in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, demanding the immediate satisfaction of the hunger striker’s request to be returned to his old cell at the Korydallos prison in Athens.
Via alerta_gr & Δυσήνιος Ίππος
Thousands of protesters took to the streets across Cali, demanding the immediate withdrawal of the Tributary Reform in Colombia, which would enact new taxes on basic goods and services for the lower and middle class in Colombia. Police responded with brutal repression, killing at least 7 protesters and firing indiscriminately with live rounds and tanks.
Hundreds of protesters in Valls took to the streets to demand the release of left-wing Catalan rapper Pablo Hasel, who was arrested and faces charges for insulting the Spanish monarchy. Demonstrators placed burned barricades, facing off with police but with no arrests occurring in a rare turn of events.
Hundreds of students gathered at Korai Square in front of the Propylaea in Athens, protesting against a bill proposed by the Minister of Education that would return police to university campuses for the first time since the fall of the military dictatorship in 1974. Police kettled the crowd, preventing a march from occurring, but did not arrest any protesters.
Dozens of bikers took to the streets to the Reclusorio Oriente prison demanding liberation for an arrested feminist and all other prisoners, calling all prisoners political prisoners and making noise outside in solidarity.
