Police in Athens attacked over 100 protesters at the Omonia Metro protesting in solidarity with the Dimitris Koufontinas hunger strike, using batons indiscriminately and forcing them back into the metro that most of them used to flee the scene. Demonstrators promptly regrouped at the Syggrou intersection, setting fires and clashing with police.
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Barricades were placed and burned by protesters in La Ligua on the Northern Route 5 road against the “Doña Carmen” energy project put forward by the Chilean IMELSA corporation, with the aim of installing a power plant in the town of Quebradilla.
Protesters gathered in Athens at the office of Amnesty International in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the N17 revolutionary group who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens, which would enable him to see visitors and receive adequate medical treatment.
Hundreds of protesters in Minneapolis marched to demand justice for George Floyd the day before the decided verdict for the murder which sparked massive protests in 2020. Demonstrators demand the National Guard go home, and called for former police officer Derek Chauvin to be convicted on all 3 counts.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Popayán for a 2nd consecutive day in opposition to neoliberal policies in Colombia and the ratification of the Tributary Reform, which would create new taxes on basic goods and services including water, electricity, and internet bills.
