Getting to Athens has been an interesting experience, but I made it safe and sound although a bit wet as the weather has turned a bit. While Athens may be a big destination for a normal tourist I am really here for one just reason: to cover the demonstrations (riots) to commemorate the one year anniversary of the shooting death by the Greek police of 15 year old Alexandros Grigoropoulos.
The death of Grigoropoulos touched off two months of mass demonstrations that sometimes spiraled into extreme violent action, both by the protesters and the authorities.
No one is quite sure what will happen this year. Certainly there will be demonstrations and protests in several cities around Greece.
I will be covering the demos for Demotix. I have hooked up with another photojournalist here and will be posting photos and reports as and when I can. I promise to be careful.
There is a good wikipedia article on what happened last year, if you are interested to know more of the back-story check out the article here: 2008 Greek riots
