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.
Demonstrators gathered in memorial of Esteban, a 15-year-old protester killed in Santiago earlier in the day, in La Pincoya, his hometown. The Carabinero police forces immediately arrived on-scene, using water cannons against the demonstration and arresting several people.
Thousands of protesters marched in Athens in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, demanding the immediate satisfaction of his request to be returned to the Korydallos prison. Despite an attempt by police to stop demonstrators from gathering at Syntagma Square, their lines were broken and a retreat was forced as demonstrators began to march again to Omonia.
Hundreds of protesters in Panama City gathered at the National Office of the Comptroller, blockading roads demanding that the government reverse its decision to exclude its citizens less than 25 years old from receiving a “solidarity voucher” of $100 a month to spend on food.
Protesters took to the streets in Indianapolis after a grand jury refused to charge the officer who murdered Dreasjon Reed, marching downtown […]
