ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek police on Tuesday fired teargas to disperse protesters who defied a coronavirus ban on rallies and an annual march to mark the anniversary of a 1973 student revolt that helped topple the then military junta.
The conservative government banned rallies from Nov. 16 to Nov. 18 after a rapid increase in COVID 19 cases and deaths forced it to impose a second nationwide lockdown. Its decision was slammed by leftist and communist opposition parties as "authoritarian".
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