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Aristotelis Chantzis has a tracheostomy and is in the ICU (MEΘ) of the “Evangelismos” hospital, with a new respiratory deterioration on the basis of a lower respiratory tract infection and multiple complications in the context of a serious refeeding syndrome, prolonged starvation, and many days of hospitalization with increased needs for intensive support and hospital care. His health condition remains critical.
Aristotelis Chantzis is on the 27th day of hospitalization (25 of which have been spent in the ICU)
He remains tracheotomized in the ICU of Evangelismos hospital, with multiple complications due to severe refeeding syndrome, prolonged starvation, and prolonged hospitalization, while he continues to have increased needs for intensive support and hospital care.
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📆Wednesday 22.7. 20:00 CET
🔗https://lecture.senfcall.de/sav-loj-48f-nxo
Next week Wednesday, the 22/07 we invite all individuals and every collective who participated in the last 5 months in the internationalist struggle for the Community of Squatted Prosfygika to join the review of this last phase and discuss the following next steps.
As Aristos continues to be in critical condition in the ICU and the community is preparing for the summer period in Athens, we recognize the necessity to come together and evaluate the steps we have collectively taken since the start of the Hunger strike in February. From all the solidarity actions internationally to the central mobilisations, from propaganda work to press and communication we want to exchange critics and thoughts to continue together even stronger!
We have achieved a big victory and now we need to both defend as also build up on it and keep up the fight with the same strength.
The review will happen online and is publicly announced.
WE HAVE WON AND WE WILL WIN!
LONG LIVE INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY!
We want to invite you to our next weekly update and planning call!
Every Wednesday evening we make an update and planning call, to analyze the political situation regarding Prosfygika, answer questions and speak about the strategical next steps of the internationalist campaign and internationalist action.
We will also speak about the tense political situation with intensifying repression that is currently unfolding in Greece and the positon of Prosfygika inside of it.
See you there!
THE STRUGGLE IS WON,
THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES!
Aristotelis Chantzis is now in his 20th day of hospitalization. As of today, he is tracheostomized and remains in the ICU at Evangelismos Hospital, in critical condition with multiple complications due to severe refeeding syndrome, prolonged starvation, and a prolonged hospital stay.
Athens 03.07.2026: After 5 months of continuous protest, the Community of Squatted Prosfygika achieved a multilayered victory. This week, the European Commission answered the parliamentary question about the legitimacy of the eviction plans, which was asked by 33 members of the European Parliament from different parties. The European Commission, who was supposedly responsible for the financing of the gentrification plan, confirmed the illegality of eviction and the absence of funding; no money was ever granted for this plan, contrary to the claims of the regional government.
In their answer they said clearly: “Greek authorities have informed the Commission that no call has yet been launched to include the ‘Prosfygika’ project in the regional programme ‘Attica’. As no operation has been selected for EU funding, the Commission has not received project-specific information.”
“The struggle has won. The struggle continues.”
This achievement followed the announced victory of the hunger strike. Suzon Doppagne and Aristotelis Chantzis, members of the Community of Squatted Prosfygika in Athens, announced on 24/6/2026 the decision to end their hunger strike until death after 140 and 55 days. Prior to this, in an urgent meeting, the municipality of Athens voted for a resolution addressed to the regional government and the Greek state, demanding the cancellation of the eviction plan and recognition the Community of Squatted Prosfygika. Furthermore, the resolution states that all residents of Prosfygika will remain in their homes and accepts the phased restoration of the buildings as proposed by the Community.
Olga Nassis, member of the European Left warns, that “despite on the victory achieved at the municipal level, the danger is far from over. Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis irresponsibly attacked Prosfygika, labeling the community a “major blight” and sinisterly stating that “the competent authorities will answer regarding operational matters”. This is a crystal-clear message implying the intent to deploy police forces to resolve an eminently social issue through coercion and repression.”
Other then that, Aristotelis Chantzis is still in acute danger. In the latest update about his health, it was announced that Aristotelis Chantzis was incubated in the ICU due to severe respiratory failures. They announced that all those with political responsibility, especially Nikos Hardalias and Kyriakos Mitsotakis, bear full responsibility for the development of his state of health and any outcome it has.
Over the next 6 days, people from over eight countries will drive together through different cities of the Balkans, in which locals have initiated solidarity actions for the Community of Squatted Prosfygika. Since the start of the hunger strike on February 5th, solidarity movements were built in over thirty cities, covering four different continents. Until now, they announced stops in Ljubljana (3.7), Zagreb (4.7), Belgrade (5.7), Sofia (6.7.), Skopje (7.7) and Thessaloniki (8.7).
Ultimately they want to arrive in the Community of Squatted Prosfygika to support the self-managed renovation of the historical buildings, the maintenance of the 22 structures that are covering the needs of more than 400 people from over 27 nationalities including 50 minors, elderly and people with severe illnesses.
In their statement on the first demonstration of the tour, which happened on July 2nd in front of the Greek embassy, they made the following announcement: “Together with the support of our comrades in Austria, Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Albania, Croatia, Bulgaria, and Macedonia, we will stage interventions in front of various Greek embassies to make it clear that we stand united against the eviction plans, that the struggle for life and humanity knows no borders and continues in every squat, every square, every social center and in every heart of every comrade.
“As an internationalist brigade, representing the global network of internationalists who have fought alongside us for the past five months, we will travel together to the Community of Squatted Prosfygika to provide practical support and to strengthen the connections – new and old – forged in the heat of this battle. We will defend the victory of the Community of Squatted Prosfygika with our words, our actions, and our physical presence.”
Yesterday the internationalist brigade of victory set off from Vienna to Ljubljana after a gathering infront of the Greek embassy. Today there will be a solidarity gathering in front of the Greek embassy in Ljubljana at 11 am CET.
From there on the brigade will continue to Zagreb, Croatia today and tomorrow to Belgrade, Serbia. There will be gatherings in front of the embassies and events of different kinds to unite the local struggles and the struggle of Prosfygika.
For the following days we will report on the different actions happening on the localities.
We call on you to join the internationalist brigade and to create many more brigades heading towards Prosfygika in the summer!
FROM VIENNA TO LJUBLJANA, ZAGREB, BELGRADE, SOFIA, SKOPJE, THESSALONIKI TO ATHENS – LET’S DEFEND OUR COMMON VICTORY
10:31 AM
Aristotelis Chantzis, a hunger striker for 140 days until Wednesday 24/06/2026, hospitalized from Monday 22/06/2026, was just intubated due to severe respiratory failure, in the ICU of Evangelismos Hospital.
All political responsibles, especially Nikos Chardalias and Kyriakos Mitsotakis, bear full responsibility for the development of his state of health and for any outcome it has. For 5 months they have known through the public positions of the Community its demands for which Aristotelis Chantzis put his own life on line and was finally justified, but also through the lasting and public appeals to accept them by doctors, international and Greek institutions.
Knowing all of this very well, they drove him one step before death.
We’re calling for a whole-day gathering on Wednesday 1/7, starting at 11.00 AM in the Park of Evangelismos.
Community of Squatted Prosfygika
Suzon Doppagne completed her hospitalization at the “Elpis” hospital without further problems.She was released from the hospital and is currently going through the re-feeding process.
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