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.
Over 100 protesters gathered in Elizabeth City on the 6th day of demonstrations demanding justice for Andrew Brown, an unarmed Black man murdered by police via gunshots to the back of the head while he was still in his car.
Dozens of protesters in the La Pintana commune of Santiago gathered to protest on the Day of the Youth Combatant, placing barricades and burning a bus at the site.
Protesters in Athens gathered in solidarity with the November 17 political prisoner Dimitris Koufontina, who entered a hunger strike on January 8th demanding his transfer to a prison with less security and a greater assurance of his human rights. Police, who stated their presence was to “stop overcrowding” backed the demonstration into a wall and crowded them on their way to the Propylaea, where the protest later dispersed.
Dozens of protesters gathered in Chania in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, demanding the immediate satisfaction of his request by the government to be returned to the Korydallos prison in Athens.
