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| Oxford Union president steps down in wake of blind student row | Oxford Union president steps down in wake of blind student row |
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| Brendan McGrath resigns from debating society after student forcibly removed from event | Brendan McGrath resigns from debating society after student forcibly removed from event |
| The president of the Oxford Union has resigned after a blind student was forcibly removed from a debate event by security guards. | |
| Ebenezer Azamati, a postgraduate student, was taken from the venue by a security guard when he tried to return to his seat before the debate last month. | Ebenezer Azamati, a postgraduate student, was taken from the venue by a security guard when he tried to return to his seat before the debate last month. |
| Brendan McGrath, the president of the union, a debating society that operates independent of the university, wrote in a statement posted to Facebook late on Tuesday that he had resigned because it was his “job to ensure that every member feels welcome at the Oxford Union”. | Brendan McGrath, the president of the union, a debating society that operates independent of the university, wrote in a statement posted to Facebook late on Tuesday that he had resigned because it was his “job to ensure that every member feels welcome at the Oxford Union”. |
| “For all of my shortcomings, and all of my mistakes, I apologise profusely and unqualifiedly,” he added. | “For all of my shortcomings, and all of my mistakes, I apologise profusely and unqualifiedly,” he added. |
| Azamati, an international relations scholar from Ghana, said his treatment left him feeling “unwelcome in the union, Oxford and even the country”. | Azamati, an international relations scholar from Ghana, said his treatment left him feeling “unwelcome in the union, Oxford and even the country”. |
| He successfully appealed on Saturday against what he said were claims of “false violent disorder” by the union. | He successfully appealed on Saturday against what he said were claims of “false violent disorder” by the union. |
| The society has hosted speakers and debates since 1823. | The society has hosted speakers and debates since 1823. |