Protests and condemnation grow over Kissoon dismissal

Some Of the protestors yesterday gathered at the Tuekeyen Campus yesterday.

The protest action against the recent termination of University of Guyana (UG) lecturer Freddie Kissoon grew yesterday with more support from the opposition parties and the university students and staffers.

About 200 persons demonstrated during a one-hour peaceful protest at the Turkeyen Campus, where they called for the reinstatement of Kissoon, who is also a newspaper columnist.

“Tell government hands off UG!” and “Students power! No dictator!” were among the chants by those who