Protesters in Bologna gathered at the local Greek embassy in solidarity with former 17N member Dimitris Koufontinas, who is on hunger strike to demand a transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens where he would get access to better medical care and the ability to see visitors.
Around 4000 protesters in Athens marched in solidarity with the Dimitris Koufontinas hunger strike, first gathering in front of Parliament at Syntagma Square and then marching to Omonia, chanting slogans against the Greek state and carrying banners in support of 17 November.
Hundreds of students gathered at the Propylaea in Athens to demand the repeal of a law recently passed by the Ministry of Education which reintroduced police to universities for the first time since 1975, after which dozens were arrested at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki during a student occupation of the rector’s office.
Dozens of protesters gathered at the Alameda in front of the Presidential Palace in Santiago, demanding the release of all political prisoners of the 18th of October Uprising. As the Senate voted on a law deciding whether or not young political prisoners should be released, families of those jailed held up photos of detainees as young as 15 held captive by the Chilean government.
Feminist activists and other protesters took to the streets across Poland after the restriction of abortion, with thousands of demonstrators attending each […]
