How Bangladesh’s longest-serving leader was toppled by student protests – podcast | News
This summer Prapti Taposhi She took to the streets along with thousands of her classmates in Bangladesh, outraged by the injustice of a quota system that reserves 30 percent of jobs for the children of freedom fighters who fought in the 1971 war of independence against Pakistan. The government jobs were good-paying and stable, and […]
Columbia University president Minouche Shafik resigns in wake of Gaza protests | US campus protests
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik has resigned after months of criticism over his response to campus protests against the Gaza war. “This period has placed a great strain on my family, as well as others in our community,” Shafik wrote in an email to faculty, staff and students on Wednesday. “It has also been a […]
Embattled Columbia president resigns months after anti-Israel student protests: report
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik has reportedly resigned from the elite university. Shafik steps down after a year in power that has been marked by constant, and sometimes destructive, anti-Israel protests. The Free Beacon reported. The embattled president has faced growing calls for his resignation in recent months over his handling of the protests that […]
Protests at the DNC: What the far left is planning on doing in Chicago
All eyes are on Chicago as the city prepares to host the Democratic National Convention, which begins next Monday and ends Thursday. Unlike when neighboring Milwaukee hosted the Republican National Convention last month, there are far more concerns that expected protests outside the Democratic event will turn violent. That’s because far-left groups, which have been […]
‘Fierce repression’ of Venezuela election protests must end, UN rights team says | Venezuela
United Nations human rights investigators have called on Venezuela’s authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro to end the “violent crackdown” by security forces following allegations of fraud in last month’s presidential election. in statement A UN report on Venezuela, released two weeks after the July 28 vote, condemned Maduro’s “escalating” crackdown, which has led to the detention […]
Democratic heavyweights to speak at party’s convention; preparing for large Palestinian protests
The Democratic Party’s national nominating convention begins in Chicago next week, and the party’s leading figures will be in the spotlight. President Biden, former Presidents Obama and Clinton, as well as former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, have been confirmed as speakers at the Democratic National Convention, a source familiar […]
Columbia University braces for antisemitic protests, locking down campus as students return
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Were UK protests against far right anti-thugs or anti-racist? The answer will tell us much about our nation | Andy Beckett
IIn some ways, the protests against the far right across the UK were a candid and much-needed welcome message. mobilized almost spontaneously to protect refugeesWe stood up to defend Muslims and other minorities from the first wave of racist attacks in decades. The protests are a sign of a country that is less tolerant of […]
Columbia restricts campus access as it braces for anti-Israel protests to return
Columbia University is limiting access to its Manhattan campus to only those with student IDs as part of new policies for the fall to combat the possibility of violent anti-Israel protesters. Columbia University relaxed its color-coded threat monitoring system to the lowest level, green, allowing it to open to all students this summer, but starting […]
Bangladesh chief justice, central bank chief quit amid protests, officials say By Reuters – Investing.com
By Maqsud-un-Nabi DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s chief justice and central bank governor have resigned, officials said on Saturday, as student protests that forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee the country widened to target other officials appointed during her tenure. Supreme Court Justice Obaidul Hassan resigned, Law Ministry adviser Asif Nazrul said in a video […]