General News of Tuesday, 19 November 2019Source: www.dailymailgh.comEight resign over abuse of blind Ghanaian student at Oxford UniversityEbenezer Azamati, 25, a postgraduate student from Ghana studying international relationsThe only black member of the Oxford Union – a prestigious British debating society with high-profile politicians among its alumni – has resigned following the abuse of a blind Ghanaian student Ebenezer Azamati. The 25-year-old Ghanaian was dragged by the ankles out of a hall where a debate was about taking place. “I still feel threatened.”He added that the encounter “keeps playing on my mind.”The Oxford Union is a private society, independent of Oxford University, though most of its members are current or past students. “In being publicly removed from the Oxford Union Society made me feel unwelcome in the Union, Oxford, and even the country. Witnesses who were at the debate testified at the hearing claimed Azamati was being “dragged by his ankles.”Oxford University said: “The Oxford Union is an independent society.

Source: GhanaWeb November 19, 2019 13:07 UTC