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Students in Slemani, Iraqi Kurdistan
STUDENTS in Slemani, Iraqi Kurdistan, set fire to the headquarters of the local ruling party today over the long-term suspension of monthly study stipends.
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party’s building was set alight after authorities threatened to open fire on peaceful protesters.
Thousands marched on Salim Street, Slemani’s main thoroughfare, to demand that the region reinstates a study allowance that was cut under austerity measures introduced in 2014.
Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
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