Students detained amid crackdown on Hirak movement in Algeria and other stories

Today we look at the crackdown on student-led Hirak protests in Algeria, the student workers’ strike at NYU in the US, and more

May 05, 2021 by Peoples Dispatch

In today’s episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at the crackdown on the weekly, student-led ‘Tuesday Marches’ as part of the Hirak protest movement in Algeria, the strike to demand fair pay and compensation by graduate student workers at New York University in the US, civilian casualties reported following Israeli airstrikes in Syria, and the necessity of equitable global vaccination against Covid-19.