Protesters across the world took to the streets in support of Rojava, commemorating the retaking of Kobane by Kurdish forces after its capture by ISIL. Protests happened in over 2 dozen cities, ranging from Athens to Toronto, with many in Kurdistan itself participating too.
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Over 150 protesters marched in Ioannina in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, moving through the center of the city with a steady pulse of chants and in the almost complete absence of a police presence.
Dozens of protesters gathered in the small town of Kalamata in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, gathering in the city’s central square and demanding the immediate satisfaction of the former 17 November member’s request to be returned to his old cell at the Korydallos prison in Athens.