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Weekend: German academics call for minister of education resignation

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German academics call for minister of education resignation

23/06/2024 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, German academics call for minister of education resignation

German Minister of Education accused of threatening freedom of expression

Thousands of academics in Germany are calling for the resignation of the minister of education, Bettina Stark-Watzinger, accusing her of threatening freedom of expression, amid a dispute over the clearing of a pro-Palestinian protest camp, at Berlin's biggest public university. 

Also in the programme: how do young people get their news? 

Today’s guests are Katja Hoyer, a visiting research fellow at King’s College London and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and Mark MacKinnon, the Senior International Correspondent for the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail. 

(Photo: Police detains a pro-Palestinian demonstrator during a protest at the Humboldt University, in Berlin, Germany. CREDIT: REUTERS/Axel Schmidt TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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