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Istanbul (Turkey), Oct 11 (EFE/EPA) - (Camera: Ilya U. Topper / Erdem Sahin) The good news: with the coronavirus pandemic under some control, classes at Istanbul's universities are back on campus this year. The bad news: it is almost impossible to find a place to rent.SHOTLIST OF REAL ESTATE SHOWCASES AND STUDENT PROTESTS. INCLUDES QUOTES INTERVIEW WITH STUDENT CIHAN CIHANGIR AND CLIPS OF THE FLAT HE LIVES IN.Translation:There is a real real estate crisis. Especially in Istanbul there is no housing. In many places there are no flats left to rent. There are agents who rented the last flat two months ago. There is a real estate black market. One agent advertises a flat, and another agent rents it and where it said 2200 it says 2500. That's why the ads say "No real estate agents. If we had stayed where we were living before we all would have needed an hour and a half to go to school. That is when there is not a lot of traffic. In heavy traffic we usually don't go to school. Because to stay in Istanbul for two hours, two and a half hours, is an attack on human dignity...
Bangkok, Apr 29 (EFE/EPA).- The health of one of the main leaders of student protests in Thailand on hunger strike after being arrested for questioning the monarchy according to his lawyer.Parit Chiwarak, or Penguin, has been on a hunger strike for 44 days to protest the authorities' decision to deny him provisional release pending trial for lese majesty and other crimes."His situation is very worrying, he is deteriorating (...) and he already has digestive problems due to lack of food that could be fatal," his lawyer Kritsadang Nutcharus said Wednesday night. (Camera: ARCHIVE). B-ROLL OF PARIT CHIWARAK, OR PENGUIN, ONE OF THE MAIN LEADERS OF STUDENT PROTESTS.
Istanbul, Apr 1 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Tolga Bozoglu) Uighur protesters who have not heard from their families living in EastTurkestan protested Thursday in Istanbul against China, highlighting alleged human rights abuses of the Uighur people and many other minority groups in Xinjiang. FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY.
Istanbul, Mar 27 EFE), (Camera: Erdem Sahin).- Hundreds of women demonstrated Saturday in Instanbul against Turkey's decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention. Turkish President Erdogan pulled Turkey out of the international human rights treaty aiming to protect women from violence. The Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence was drafted by the Council of Europe in 2011 and signed by 45 European countries and the European Union (EU) to date.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTESTS ON SATURDAY IN ISTANBUL.
Istanbul (Turkey), March 17 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Erdem Sahin).- A group of students protested Wednesday outside the Palace of Justice in Istanbul, in favour of the detainees during the pro-democracy demonstrations against the new rector of Bogazici University.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST ON WEDNESDAY IN ISTANBUL.
Beirut (Lebanon), March 15 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Wael Hamzeh).- Dozens of parents of Lebanese students who live abroad gathered Monday outside the Parliament in Beirut to demand the application of the so-called Student Dollar Law, which will force banks operating in the country to release ten thousand dollars for university students abroad during the academic year 2020-2021.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTESTS IN BEIRUT.
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