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ULU blasts protest ban for president
Student leader banned from protests after arrest on Thursday

A student union leader has been banned from attending protests on or near any university campus on condition of bail.

University of London Union (ULU) president Michael Chessum was arrested on Thursday in Malet Street in Bloomsbury.

He had just left a meeting with University of London management over their planned closure of the union.

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