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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Feminist professor loses job after Islamist group demands her removal

Thousands of activists of Islamist group Hefazat-e-Islam protest in Dhaka - (AP)

A college professor in Bangladesh says the authorities have yielded to the demands of Islamist groups and removed her from her post for being vocal about women's property rights.

Nadira Yeasmin, an assistant professor of Bangla language at Narsingdi Government College, was transferred about 270km away to another college near the border with India after a 48-hour ultimatum was issued by Hefazat-e-Islam.

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