Protesters in Britain, the United States, Canada, and Italy turned out in almost a dozen cities, including Toronto, Baltimore, Raleigh, New York, Nashville, Houston, Glasgow, and Napoli. Attendance ranged from the dozens to the thousands, with protests taking up large swaths of city squares.
Protesters gathered in Warsaw to continue the Strajk Kobiet, or National Strike, against an abortion ban by the leading conservative party. Police assaulted demonstrators about halfway through the march, arresting at least 3 people and injuring many more.
Hundreds of protesters in Sudan took to the streets for a 2nd day across the country to demand renewed subsidies for fuel and petrol, which were removed and raised prices for consumers by over 200%. Demonstrators set fire to barricades and blocked roads to pressure the government to act.
Around 40 protesters in Xanthi took to the streets in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, marching to the local office of the ruling right-wing New Democracy party and throwing paint at its entrance following the Prime Minister’s statement that Koufontinas’ request would not be accepted.
Protesters in Berlin gathered in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of 17 November who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his transfer to the Korydallos prison in Athens, where he would receive adequate medical care and access to visitors.
