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Onlookers cheer on student protesters at Columbia University as they are arrested and taken away by police after hundreds of officers entered campus to break up a pro-Palestinian encampment set up inside a university building. IMAGES
Police detain dozens of students protesting in front of the Istanbul courthouse against the detention of Bogazici university students. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's appointment of a loyalist as rector of Istanbul's elite Bogazici University created a stir and led to weeks of protests since the start of the year. The dispute over the rector intensified after protesters hung a controversial poster near his office and now Turkish prosecutors are seeking three-year jail terms for seven students over a poster depicting Islam's holiest site with LGBT imagery. IMAGES
Hundreds gather in Barcelona for a third night in support of Pablo Hasel, a Spanish rapper who was arrested after failing to turn himself in to start serving his nine-month sentence over tweets calling former king Juan Carlos I a mafia boss and accusing police of torturing and killing demonstrators and migrants. IMAGES of a protest in Barcelona
Images from the French National Anti-Fraud Office (Onaf) where the police custody of Telegram boss Pavel Durov is coming to an end. Durov has been arrested for twelve offences relating to organised crime and could be indicted. IMAGES
Images of the French National Anti-Fraud Office (Onaf) in Ivry-sur-Seine, where Franco-Russian billionaire and Telegram boss Pavel Durov has been in custody since his arrest on Saturday at Le Bourget airport near Paris for offences ranging from fraud to drug trafficking, cyber-harassment, and organised crime, as well as promoting terrorism. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.