Oxford Union president apologizes, resigns over blind student controversy
The Oxford Union, a debating society independent from the university, recently faced severe criticism for forcible removal of blind international relations scholar Ebenezer Azamati from a debating event, under the president's direction who believed him to be acting violently. Consequently, Brendan McGrath, the president of the Oxford Union resigned and issued an unreserved apology to Azamati.
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