Dhaka, May 3 -- Expressing solidarity with the ongoing bout of non-violent protest on US campuses, a group of journalists who report on Jagannath University with mainstream outlets criticized the police crackdown on unarmed and peaceful protest over US support for the ongoing genocide being inflicted on Palestine population by Israel.

Educational institutions including the likes Universities are the highest echelons where narrow and dogmatic walls hold no place rather those places shall remain epicenter of free thinking in addition student minds should be enshrined to express their views without any fear, reminds the statement, an apparent dig at the recent spate of NYPD atrocities.

In a statement released today, the young journalists e...