Till this day, March 23rd 2015, dozens of political prisoners have gone on hunger strike (most of them since March 2nd), demanding that the following be abolished: the special “anti-terrorist” legislation, and particularly articles 187A (terrorist organisation) and 187 (criminal organisation); the special repressive law (hoodie law); and the type […]
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Since yesterday morning, March 21st, hunger striker Dimitris Koufontinas (convicted 17N member) has been transferred from the type C maximum security prison of Domokos to the provincial hospital in Lamia, where he’s being held in a room-cell with no window. In addition to the miserable conditions, it becomes difficult, if […]
Today, Sunday March 22nd, the Assembly in solidarity with the hunger strikers (in Athens) called for gatherings outside the hospitals where three anarchist prisoners are currently hospitalised: – Attikon Hospital in Chaidari at 17.30, where the hunger strikers Fivos Harisis and Panagiotis Argirou are hospitalised; – General State Hospital of […]
Anarchist prisoner on hunger strike Fivos Harisis, participant in the Network of Imprisoned Fighters (DAK), has lost 12.8% of his body weight. On March 20th 2015, he was reportedly transferred to a hospital outside prison under heavy police presence, where physicians insisted on examining him in handcuffs. When the comrade […]
On March 17th, CCF imprisoned member on hunger strike Panagiotis Argirou (who, just two years ago, recovered from a serious head injury) suffered a fainting episode and was transferred to a hospital outside Koridallos prison. He was later moved back to the prison, only to be transferred once more to […]
On Tuesday evening, March 17th, a demo in solidarity with hunger strikers in Greek prisons was held in downtown Athens. The march of around 1,500-2,000 people started from Monastiraki Square, passed through Athinas and Stadiou Streets, Syntagma Square and ended at Propylaea. After the end of the demo barricades were […]
see also summary of updates On March 16th 2015, two more participants in the Network of Imprisoned Fighters (DAK by its initials in Greek), anarchists Andreas-Dimitris Bourzoukos and Dimitris Politis, went on hunger strike requesting the fulfillment of demands already set by DAK. They specifically demand that articles 187 and […]
On March 18th, 2015, we spray-painted slogans in the streets of Petralona, and placed a banner at Dimosio Sima, in the neighbourhood of Kerameikos. We support all hunger strikers in Greek prisons and long for the multiplication of solidarity actions within and outside the borders. Chaoten
You stopped being human when you signed up for a disgusting profession. For your shitty order, you kill everywhere in the world for the democratic peace. Highly prepared and armed to the teeth, you hunt down people in pneumatic boats to send them with best regards from “Made in EU” […]
On March 11th communists from Turkey who are incarcerated in Greek prisons began a rolling hunger strike in support of all the demands of other political prisoners who are on hunger strike since March 2nd.
On Sunday, March 8th 2015, we carried out a small act of counter-information in solidarity with the comrades on hunger strike. We placed a banner in the central square of Tirso de Molina (Madrid) with the slogan: “SYRIZA maintains special prisons of isolation; solidarity with prisoners on hunger strike” along […]
Starting today, March 9th 2015, anarchist Grigoris Sarafoudis, participant in the Network of Imprisoned Fighters (DAK), starts a hunger strike aiming at the fulfillment of demands set by the Network of Imprisoned Fighters: 1. Abolition of articles 187 and 187A of the penal code 2. Abolition of analysis of mixed […]