Call for student demonstration on 9 Sept.

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The General Students’ Federation in Iraq called on all student representatives to protest in a mass demonstration on September 9 to demand their rights from the ministries of education and higher education.   In a statement, as received by IraqiNews.com, the Federation criticized the educational strategy as being “unclear,” with intentional endeavors to limit the role of the students in decision making via preventing the work of students’ organizations from work.   The statement demand equality irrespective of wealth, sex, nationality, religion, or political affiliation.   It called for better housing facilities, improving financial aid and grants available to students, and minimizing the cost of special and general services rendered to students.   The statement concluded the right of the students to establish their organizations, as well as the freedom of publications, demonstration, elections and protests. RM (TI)/SR 675