Thessaloniki: Police banned protest gatherings for the documentary poster “Small bodies”

In a ban on any protest gathering the police went on until 12 midnight. Form, an online call for protest at 7 p.m. about his poster “Small bodies”, at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. Through social media, a call was made at 7 p.m. for a protest at the “Olympion” cinema in Thessaloniki about the documentary poster “Small bodies”, as part of the festival. The controversial poster depicts a naked pregnant woman on a cross. An hour earlier, at 6 p.m., feminist organizations call to protest at the same point, on the occasion of the transphobic attack on Aristotle Square, Thessaloniki. The announcement of the General Police Directorate of Thessaloniki: It is announced that by decision of the Director of the Thessaloniki Police Directorate, it is prohibited to hold any outdoor public meeting, from 14:00 hours from 12-03-2024 to 24:00 of 12-3-2024 in the wider area of the city centre of Thessaloniki, bounded by the streets: Nikis – 30 October – 3 September – L. Army – Aggelaki – Egnatia – M. Gennadia – Philip – Halkeon – Egnatia – Monastiri – Tadalos – Kazantzakis – Renaissance – 26 October – Karatasso – N. Koudouriotou – L. Nikis, as well as the square – monument of White Tower Thessaloniki and the tangent square of statues of M.Alexandrou and K. Karamanlis, throughout the area of these, bounded by L. Nikis – 30 October (to the point where 30 October intersects with 3 September street) and throughout the paved beach, enclosed by the above roads. The above prohibition is imposed because in order to carry out announced meetings there is a serious risk to public safety due to the possible committing of serious crimes, in particular against life, physical integrity and property and serious threat to the disruption of socio-economic life, traffic in vehicles and pedestrians, as well as the operation of infrastructure and utilities in the city’s demarcated and central area.