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Greece: Burning Police Cars

April 26, 21.30GMT According to the ministry of justice, the Malandrino prisoners have now returned to their cells, ending their three-day revolt.

April 26, 20.45GMT The tightly guarded police station in the Athens district of Exarcheia is attacked, ostensibly in solidarity to the revolted prisoners around the country. 40-50 people attack and burn the building's guardhouse and at least seven police cars, as well as a few motorbikes. Earlier in the day another group had thrown molotov cocktails against the headquarters of the riot police in Zografou, Athens. A day before, a series of buildings around the Exarcheia district of Athens were attacked in solidarity to the prisoners. Buildings included the offices of two ministers (one being the minister of justice).

April 26, 10.43GMT Around 250 prisoners spent the night on the roof of the Malandrino prison, facing heavy rain and freezing cold conditions; they have no access to food or water for a third consecutive day. Riot police are inside and all around the building. It is unclear whether they plan to storm the roof this morning or wait for the revolted prisoners to get even more physically exhausted.

April 26, 10.33GMT Report from Korydallos prison in Athens: Anarchist prisoners Nikos Kountardas and Vasilis Stergiou have both been put in isolation following the revolt.
Greek Prison Riots
April 25, 12.05GMT Last night greek state officials were claiming to have "fully restored order" in the revolted prisons following the entering of MAT (Riot Police) units in the prisons of Korydallos (Athens) and Patras. However, they now admit that at least 250 prisoners still stand on the rooftop of the Malandrino prison. At least 50 prisoners are still standing on the roofs of the Corfu and Alicarnassos prisons. Solidarity demos are taking place across the country.

April 24, 23.30GMT At around 1.30am local time, a 120-strong motorcycle demo reached the Diavata Prison, around eight kilometres outside the city of Thessaloniki. The demonstrators and the prisoners are chanting slogans; the prisoners are throwing burning blankets out of the building.
In the morning of Monday 23/4, prisoners at the prison of Malandrino in Fokida, mainland Greece, revolted. The spark igniting the revolt was the beating of anarchist prisoner Yiannis Dimitrakis as well as the vicious, violent response of the guards to the protests staged by his co-prisoners.

Disgraceful holding conditions, lack of water, regular beatings, electronic surveillance and the extremely short times allowed at the yard comprise a grim reality for the Malandrino prisoners.

The revolt of Malandrino ignited a series of other revolts in prisons across the country: there is now unrest in at least eleven prisons. Latest info (12.30GMT, April 25) indicates that riot police have entered two prisons (Korydallos in Athens and Patras). There are reports of 250 prisoners still standing on the rooftop of the Malandrino prison, with another 50 at Corfu and Alicarnassos.

Solidarity Actions

• Solidarity action outside the residency of the greek president: On the night of the revolt, 150 anarchists gathered outside the house of the greek president, chanting solidarity slogans for the prisoners.
• On the same night, anarchists gathered spontaneously in Thessaloniki, distributing texts, spray-painting and chanting slogans.