Puente Alto demonstrators gathered and banged pots and pans in front of the prison of the city for the freedom of political prisoners, to let those caged inside the facility that they were not alone. Dozens participated in the protest, starting at noon, which raised the attention of hundreds of prisoners and annoyed many guards.
The CSOA Horta squat in Valencia was attacked by police without notice but failed after hundreds of neighbors and activists arrived within an hour to defend it and push the police out. Demonstrators repaired the urban garden and door of the squat and later gathered in Benimaclet Square in a rally.
Thousands of protesters in Athens returned to the streets for a second consecutive day in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike. Demonstrators first routed police out of Syntagma Square, then gathering in front of Parliament and marching down to Omonia Square before dispersing for the night.
70 protesters gathered at the Spire on O’Connell Street in Dublin for a vigil for George Nkencho, a mentally ill Nigerian immigrant recently murdered by the police, calling for a criminal investigation into the national police officer who shot him 5 times.
Hundreds of protesters marched in Athens in support of free speech and assembly on university campuses, which has been placed under threat by the possibility of police being restored to universities for the first time since 1975. Police followed the protesting students into a park with small children, forcing everyone out of the area in riot gear.
