Students protest against removal of 'un-Islamic' statue

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Students in Bangladesh being sprayed by a police water cannon as they march towards the Supreme Court in Dhaka yesterday to protest against the removal of a statue deemed "un-Islamic" by religious hardliners.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on May 27, 2017, with the headline Students protest against removal of 'un-Islamic' statue. Subscribe