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Students protest against education reforms and cuts in Spain

Thursday 27 March 2014 16:41 GMT

A protester carries a wooden table as he walks next to a burning barricade during a protest against the government's education reforms and cutbacks in university grants and staffing in Campus Ciudad Universitaria in Madrid

In pictures: Students protest against education reforms and cuts in Spain

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In pictures: Students protest against education reforms and cuts in Spain

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A protester carries a wooden table as he walks next to a burning barricade during a protest against the government's education reforms and cutbacks in university grants and staffing in Campus Ciudad Universitaria in Madrid

In pictures: Students protest against education reforms and cuts in Spain

Spain

Protesters stand behind a burning barricade during a protest against the government's education reforms and cutbacks in Madrid

In pictures: Students protest against education reforms and cuts in Spain

Spain

A protester throws a garbage bin into a burning barricade during a protest against the government's education reforms and cutbacks in Madrid

In pictures: Students protest against education reforms and cuts in Spain

Spain

Protesters run away from a bin that they set fire to in an underground passage during a protest against the government's education reforms and cutbacks in Madrid

In pictures: Students protest against education reforms and cuts in Spain

Spain

A fireman extinguishes burning barricade surrounding during a protest against the government's education reforms and cutbacks in Madrid

In pictures: Students protest against education reforms and cuts in Spain

Spain

Smoke comes out from an underground passage during a protest against the government's education reforms and cutbacks in Madrid

In pictures: Students protest against education reforms and cuts in Spain

Spain

A student throws a branch into a burning barricade during a protest against the government's education reforms and cutbacks in Madrid

In pictures: Students protest against education reforms and cuts in Spain

Spain

Riot police remove protesters outside an area near the campus building where some students were arrested during a protest against the government's education reforms and cutbacks in Madrid

In pictures: Students protest against education reforms and cuts in Spain

Spain

Riot police stand guard in the campus during a protest against the government's education reforms. The students began occupying a campus building at Ciudad Universitaria several days ago in protest against the governments' cuts

In pictures: Students protest against education reforms and cuts in Spain

Spain

Students were removed from the premises by police, who made fifty arrests, after the University requested their assistance

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