University Student Leaders Call for Reflection, Urge Comrades to Shun June 25 Demonstration
University student leaders from across the country have called on comrades to observe the June 25 anniversary through reflection and prayers rather than participating in street demonstrations. Speaking during a joint press briefing by serving and former student leaders, the leaders expressed heartfelt condolences to families who lost their loved ones during the 2024 and 2025 Gen Z protests, describing the deaths and injuries suffered during the demonstrations as a painful loss to the nation. The student leaders said every life lost represented a dream cut short and an opportunity denied, while injuries sustained by young people had shattered the aspirations of many families. “We convey our heartfelt condolences to families who lost their loved ones during the 2024 and 2025 Gen Z protests. Every death was a robbed chance of a livelihood, and every injury was a puncture to a big dream,” the leaders said. The leaders urged university students and young people across the countr...