Thousands of protesters gathered in Antofagasta demanding the resignation of Chilean President Sebastian Piñera, marching and blockading the center of the city and its roads. Although the Carabineros attempted to repress the protesters as much as possible, but resistance continued against water cannon trucks and riot vans by blockading roads with barricades and using Molotov cocktails.
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Over 100 protesters in Heraklion marched in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, demanding the immediate government satisfaction of the former 17 November member’s request to be returned to the Korydallos prison in Athens.
Anarchists in Dresden protested in solidarity with the Koufontinas hunger strike, demanding the immediate government satisfaction of the former 17 November member’s request to be returned to his old cell at the Korydallos prison in Athens.
Dozens of protesters were arrested at the office of the ruling New Democracy Party in Moschato, Athens, demonstrating in solidarity with Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of the leftist urban guerilla 17 November who entered a hunger strike on the 8th of January to demand his transfer to the Korydallos prison, where he will be able to see visitors again.
Hundreds of protesters in Valencia gathered on the 3rd day of demonstrations across Spain to demand the release of Pablo Hasel, a left-wing Catalan rapper facing charges for insulting the Spanish monarchy. Police brutally attacked the march, kettling and beating the crowd, which resulted in a high amount of arrests.