Protesters took to the streets in Paris against new quarantine measures, feared to cause the closure of many businesses. Insofar, the Macron administration has refused to provide a stimulus, leading to protests across France. Clashes occurred in other cities, but none had occurred in Paris.
A group of protesters gathered at the ancient theater in Larissa and hanged a banner in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the revolutionary November 17 group who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his transfer to the more humane Korydallos prison in Athens.
As the French government enacts new austerity measures in the midst of quarantine and the coronavirus pandemic, people turned out en masse […]
Dozens of protesters gathered for a flash demonstration in front of the house of the President of Greece in Athens in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his return to the Korydallos prison, where he will once again be able to see his family and other visitors.
Hundreds of protesters in Asunción returned to the streets for a 4th consecutive day to demand the resignation of President Marito Abdo, following the collapse of the healthcare system in Paraguay after $1.6 billion mysteriously disappeared, so severe that elective surgeries, including appendix removals, were suspended, and medicine remained at a critical low. Police attacked protesters, forcing them to disperse with tear gas and water cannons.
