2021 Greek protests

2021 Greek protests
2021 Greek protests
Date	4 February 2021 – March 2021
Location	Greece
Caused by	Kerameus-Chrisochoidis Law allowing police on university campuses; Hunger strike of Dimitris Koufontinas; Authoritarianism; Police brutality; Government mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic;
Goals	Repeal of campus security law; Transfer of Dimitris Koufontinas to Korydallos Prison;
Methods	Protests; Demonstrations; Vandalism;
Resulted in	Protests contained Kerameus-Chrisochoidis Law passed and partially implemented; Koufontinas' hunger strike ended;
Parties
Students; Academic personnel Opposition: SYRIZA; Communist Party of Greece; MeRA25; Anarchists	Government: Hellenic Police; New Democracy;
Lead figures
	No centralized leadership Kyriakos Mitsotakis; Michalis Chrisochoidis; Niki Kerameus; Lt.Gen. Michail Karamalakis

The 2021 Greek protests broke out in response to a proposed government bill that would allow police presence on university campuses for the first time in decades,^[2] for which opposition groups accused the government of taking advantage of the COVID-19 lockdown to impose increasingly authoritarian measures.^[6] Protests intensified in response to the hunger strike of the prisoner Dimitris Koufontinas, a former member of terrorist organization 17N, who had started the strike in December, demanding his transfer to a different prison after he had been forcibly relocated to a maximum-security facility in central Greece,^[3] as well as issues relating to police brutality and specifically the DELTA Force motorcycle police.^[8]

The prime minister condemned the opposition parties as having "exploited lockdown fatigue", which he blamed for the frequent rallies.^[9]

^ "Next challenge to implement law on campus security, says Kerameus". Ekathimerini. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Greek students, teachers protest planned education reform". Associated Press. 4 February 2021. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kitsantonis, Niki (3 March 2021). "Protests and Vandalism Follow Hit Man's Hunger Strike". New York Times. Athens. Archived from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ Cite error: The named reference StrikeEnd was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Ν. Σμύρνη: Νέα πορεία από τη νεολαία ΣΥΡΙΖΑ στις 18:00 μαζί με τους "Πάνθηρες" του Πανιωνίου
^ ^a ^b "Protest gets heated ahead of campus policing vote". Athens: Associated Press. 10 February 2021. Archived from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ "Οι γειτονιές ανήκουν στους ανθρώπους τους, όχι στην αστυνομία. Το #ΜέΡΑ25 είναι εκεί". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
^ "Greece violence: Officers injured in police brutality protests". BBC News. 2021-03-09. Archived from the original on 2021-03-13. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
^ Gatopoulos, Derek (12 March 2021). ""Lockdown fatigue" blamed for fueling mass protests". Athens: Associated Press. Archived from the original on 16 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

[Ekathimerini-1] "Next challenge to implement law on campus security, says Kerameus". Ekathimerini. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

[AP0402-2] "Greek students, teachers protest planned education reform". Associated Press. 4 February 2021. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

[NYT-3] Kitsantonis, Niki (3 March 2021). "Protests and Vandalism Follow Hit Man's Hunger Strike". New York Times. Athens. Archived from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

[StrikeEnd-4] Cite error: The named reference StrikeEnd was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[5] Ν. Σμύρνη: Νέα πορεία από τη νεολαία ΣΥΡΙΖΑ στις 18:00 μαζί με τους "Πάνθηρες" του Πανιωνίου

[AP1002-6] "Protest gets heated ahead of campus policing vote". Athens: Associated Press. 10 February 2021. Archived from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

[7] "Οι γειτονιές ανήκουν στους ανθρώπους τους, όχι στην αστυνομία. Το #ΜέΡΑ25 είναι εκεί". Twitter. Retrieved 2023-03-09.

[8] "Greece violence: Officers injured in police brutality protests". BBC News. 2021-03-09. Archived from the original on 2021-03-13. Retrieved 2021-03-15.

[9] Gatopoulos, Derek (12 March 2021). ""Lockdown fatigue" blamed for fueling mass protests". Athens: Associated Press. Archived from the original on 16 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

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