Category Archives: short report

#49, 15:19 Academic asylum in Athens violated; squat solidarity day is today

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

According to Athens Indymedia, around 60-80 police motorcycles entered the grounds of Athens University in the suburb of Zografou, blatantly violating the academic asylum. They entered after clashes with local football hooligans that left at least two police motorcycles burnt and a few policemen injured. There were many detentions and at least two arrests. Today [...]

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From Docklands to Greece…

Friday, April 3, 2009

(for those asking: IMC Athens is down and the announcement on its front page says this is due to technical problems, giving links to G20 coverage) “what’s the plan for tomorrow?” asked a comment on imc-uk yesterday. “What do you mean what’s the plan”, came a reply – “the police have caused a man’s death [...]

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#47, 01.39: Prisoner revolt in Chania (Crete) and Thiva

Sunday, March 22, 2009

UPDATE, 12.48 The prisoners in the prison of Thiva (mainland Greece, approx. 100km NW of Athens –trans.) have also revolted. This is a “drug detox” prison and it is also where Katerina Goulioni was held before her death. Prisoners in Thiva revolted after hearing that, even after Katerina’s death, people from outside were not allowed [...]

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#46, 14.05: Prisoner Katerina Goulioni dies in police custody under mysterious circumstances; new government law against hoodies

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

According to various newssite reports,prisoner Katerina Goulioni, prisoner and militant prisoners’ rights activist, has died in police custody this morning. UPDATE, 15.48 Latest comments from IMC Athens reveal that Katerina was on the same boat to Crete with fascist prisoner “Periandros”. Periandros attacked anarchist prisoner Yannis Dimitrakis outside the boat (Yannis is in the hospital [...]

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#45, 12:55: Multinational shops smashed in Kolonaki, central Athens

Friday, March 13, 2009

Reports are coming in that, approximately 20 minutes ago (12:30 GMT+2, Greek time) a group of around 50 people attacked high-stret shops in the affluent central Athens area of Kolonaki. Multinational outlets such as Benetton, Sisley, Zara and Rococo were smashed while leaflets calling for the liberation of Yorgos Voutsis-Votzatzis, an anarchist prisoner, were distributed. [...]

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#45 10.06 Athens Railway carriages burnt, “16 million euros” in damage reported

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

On the early hours of Tuesday, six carriages of the Athens-Piraeus Railway (ISAP) were petrol-bombed and burnt. According to eye-witnesses and the proclamation issued by the group that claimed responsibility for the attack, no passengers or staff were put at risk during the attack as they were asked to vacate the carriages before hand. According [...]

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#44, 08.28 Afghani migrant still in critical condition; demonstration called for 6pm today in Patras

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

The Afghani migrant injured yesterday is still in a critical condition, yet various mainstream media reports and posts on Athens and Patras IMCs claiming he has died are not true. There is a demonstration called for 6pm today in the city of Patras – a short report will be posted here.

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#43 23:29 Afghani migrant critically injured in Patras; clashes with riot police erupt

Monday, March 2, 2009

On the afternoon of March 2 an Afghani migrant was critically injured when hit by a truck in the port city of Patras. According to eyewitnesses the migrant was deliberately run over by the truck driver, having just fell off from another truck he was trying to hide into in order to get on board [...]

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