Student movement’s call to scrap Bangladesh’s 1972 constitution met with widespread rejection
The student movement has called the 1972 constitution, drafted after the 1971 war of liberation against Pakistan, as “Mujibist” and accused that it facilitated the prolonged rule of the Awami League.
Workers Party of Bangladesh claims Menon’s arrest is political revenge
Rashed Khan Menon was arrested last week by the interim government in Bangladesh and accused of involvement in the death of anti-government protesters
Muhammad Yunus takes charge of interim government in Bangladesh
The technocratic interim administration also includes leaders of the student movement which was instrumental in forcing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and leave the country on August 5.
The conundrums of Bangladeshi politics
Vijay Prashad reflects on the last several weeks in Bangladesh of protests and convulsions, which culminated in the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh states that there is conspiracy to destabilize the country
Over 160 people, including students, were killed, and hundreds of others were injured in the last two weeks after student protests turned violent on July 15
Six protesters killed amid quota reform protests in Bangladesh, government calls for universities to close
Thousands of students from universities across the country have been protesting for weeks demanding the abolition of the 30% quota for the descendants of country’s freedom fighters and other reforms in the recruitment for government jobs.
Italian students challenge universities for their complicity in Israel’s crimes
Students are organizing University occupations in Italy to demand an end to the collaboration with Israeli institutions.
Greek students protest government bid to welcome private universities
The Kyriakos Mitsotakis government is trying to push a controversial bill to open private universities in the country by circumventing a constitutional ban
Uncertainty looms as Thai parliament blocks Pita Limjaroenrat from leading new government
Wednesday was nothing short of high drama in Thai politics as Pita Limjaroenrat, the leader of the Move Forward Party, was also temporarily suspended from serving as a legislator by the Constitutional Court, just as parliamentarians were debating his eligibility to stand for the prime minister’s post
Greek students and teachers protest deployment of ‘University Police’ on campuses
The conservative New Democracy-led government in Greece has deployed University Institutions Protection Teams (OPPI) – called University police – on campuses in Athens and Thessaloniki
Student activists in Sri Lanka detained under draconian anti-terrorism law
The three activists were arrested from a student rally in Colombo on August 18 under a 72-hour detention order, while the police awaited approval for a 90-day detention order that was approved by President Ranil Wickremesinghe on August 22
Italian state cracks down on student activists
In the early morning of May 12, Italian police arrested 11 young activists in the city of Turin due to their participation in protests related to workplace deaths of two high school students
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