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Students and education workers were protesting the introduction of a new campus police force the University Institutions Protection Teams (OPPI). The OPPI were set up by the conservative New Democracy (ND) government to patrol university campuses.
Protesters Defy Greek Government’s Restrictions on Demonstrations
Protesters in Athens on Thursday. Credit: ReppaChrysa/Twitter
Protesters across Greece filled the streets on Thursday, defying the country’s recent restriction on demonstrations, to protest the government’s latest education bill which calls for police on university campuses.
Incredible images of massive demonstrations in the Greek cities of Athens, Thessaloniki, and Heraklion in the time when Covid-19 is still raging have circulated across social media.
Just two days before, on Tuesday, Greece imposed a ban on gatherings and demonstrations of over 100 people, claiming that the move was “not related to any planned rally,” but made in the interest of public health due to Covid-19.
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