Palestinian Students Trapped in Gaza by Israeli Border Closures
Approximately 1,000 Palestinian students remain trapped in Gaza despite having scholarships to attend universities abroad as Israel controls the borders and won't them out.
Tag: student movement
#FeesMustFall – South Africa’s Student Movement for Free Education
Durban, South Africa – Beginning in October of 2015, South Africa’s #FeesMustFall movement has gone on to send shockwaves through a country struggling with the ever persistent issues of shrinking public budgets, mass unemployment and poverty. As a result, almost every year since, tens of…
Greek Police Shoot Student Protesting Their Installment on Campus, Demo & Clashes Follow
Thessaloniki, Greece – Greek riot police shot a student protesting their installment on campus at point-blank range in the face with a projectile, breaking his jaw and rupturing his ear drum. After confrontations broke out across campus, traumatized students organized a massive demonstration through the…
Greece: New Education Bill Brings a New Students Movement
Thessaloniki, Greece – A new generation of students is rising to fight a proposed education bill and raise their voice against the Greek government for what they call criminal mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Universities in Greece have been closed since March 2020. In this…