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American Democracy?- Canadian police arrest 700 students over tuition fee protests


The Canadian police in Quebec province have arrested hundreds of students who were protesting against government’s new plan to raise university tuition fees.
Police officers in Montreal and Quebec City arrested some 700 protesters on Thursday after several thousands of demonstrators poured into streets defying a new law aimed at ending three months of protests against proposed rise in tuition fees.

The demonstration was declared illegal after protesters refused to give police their route in advance, which is one of the provisions of new controversial protest law.

Under the Quebec’s new law for any demonstration of 50 or more people, police should be informed eight hours in advance and told of the route of the demonstration.

Protesters marched through the streets for more than three hours before riot police surrounded them, cutting off their exits and starting to make arrests.

On Monday, police clashed with protesters in Montreal and arrested some 300 people. The Montreal demonstration was the 30th since the student protests against tuition fee increases began more than three months ago.

Students in Canada’s eastern province of Quebec have been holding almost daily protests over the past weeks in an attempt to add up pressure on the government to drop the plan to increase the tuition fees.

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