Press Conference For the Defense of Squatted Prosfygika

On 11th of February 2026 the Community of Squatted Prosfygika together with the Committee for the promotion and defense of the Community and its collective memory organized a press conference in the Athens Association of Lawyers. In this press conference, which was about the plan of defense of the Community against the new plan of the state regarding the evacuation of the neighborhood, participated members of the Community and the Committee together with two lawyers from the alternative intervention of lawyers of Athens trading union, Kostas Papadakis and Panagiotis Antoniou. In addition, in the discussion intervened two professors of the school of architecture of Athens, Stavros Stavridis and Tasis Papaioannou, the lawyers Anny Paparrousou and Thanasis Kabagiannis and the architect member of the united initiative against auctions Tonia Katerini.

In this short video, our comrade gives a description about the history of the Community of Squatted Prosfygika. which exists for 16 years since 2010, but the communal way of living exists for thousands of years.

The full video will be published soon!

Update from the Community 09.02.2026


Yesterday evening we had the first open assembly about the state of emergency in the community, which was also the first big open call we had since the start of the hungerstrike on Thursday. The assembly had massive participation by several hundred people. Numerous organizations, from different parts of the movement, made statements supporting the community in the current struggle. The assembly showed a big strength and unity in face of the attacks of the state.

After the assembly the cops provoked and terrorized the neighborhood by positioning them on the exits of the neighborhood and constant drone presence over our heads. After an intervention from us they left. Their weak attempt of provocation can not change the fact how successful and important the evening was for us.

Today we are in the fifth day of the hungerstrike which is going strong. We will have a press conference on Wednesday, which will also be live-streamed in Greek. We will try to add subtitles as fast as possible and then send it also here.

We thank you for all the solidarity and support we received the past days!

Either we will win or we will win!