A protest rally is taking place outside the Olympion Cinema, where the documentary “Stray Bodies”, which has its world premiere today at 20:00 at the 26th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, is being held.
Heavy police forces were deployed early outside the Olympion cinema in Thessaloniki, following a protest call by far-right organisations demanding the withdrawal of the documentary’s poster.
The gathering defied the ban on protest rallies announced by the ELAS for Thessaloniki from 14:00 noon to 00:00 pm.
The ban was deemed necessary as there was an online call for a protest at Olympion today at 19:00 in the afternoon regarding the poster of the documentary depicting a naked pregnant woman on a cross.
At the same time, there was also a call from people from the anti-authoritarian movement for a rally of the far-right.
Strong riot police and security forces have been deployed at the site and around the Olympion, two hours before the screening of the film, while Aristotelous Square.
At around 18:00 in the afternoon, a group of anarchists gathered early in front of the Venizelos statue, in the ancient market square, to protest the gathering of a nationalist organization.
The drilling rig sets to work on the deposits of Crete
Riot police forces surrounded the anarchists and asked them to leave the site, after which the protesters were led to Philippou Street.
