National anthem protests articles
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Columbia student protesters share what it’s like sparking a national wave of activism
On 17 April, pro-Palestinian Columbia students began an encampment on campus to demand the university divest from Israel. More than 100 people were arrested. Since then, a wave of student activism has swept the nation in solidarity with Gaza. The Independent’s Richard Hall spoke with Columbia University students about the gravity of this movement and why it matters to them. “The people of Palestine are who we are doing this for,” one student said. “They’re the people who sparked this...
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Indian Embassy attack: Arrested UK national had vandalised Indian flag during protest
A day after arresting a UK national in connection with the violence at the Indian High Commission in London during a protest on March 22 last year, a probe conducted by the National Investigation Agency has found that he was a part of a group that had vandalised the Indian flag during a protest and was detained at Attari border last year when he was entering India to visit the Golden Temple in Punjab, it has been learnt. On Thursday, NIA had said they had arrested a man, Inderpal Singh Gaba, a...
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White House shuts down GOP calls to bring in National Guard for college protests
The White House punted on Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) demand for President Biden to call in the National Guard to college campuses amid mass protests over the Israel-Hamas war on Thursday. Johnson visited Columbia University on Wednesday, the first of major pro-Palestine protests that have spread to dozens of college campuses around the country, and