The student president of an English university has been suspended from his position after organising a protest against David Cameron's record on equality.

Adil Waraich, the elected student leader at De Montfort University in Leicester, started a campaign with other students over an award given to the prime minister by his university.

But soon afterwards a letter was handed to him by the union's trustees that told him he was suspended and banned from entering the campus. He was told the suspension was not just over the protest, but also previous concerns raised by the university about his attendance at senior management meetings and two prank videos uploaded privately online.

More than two months later, he remains suspended as he awaits the outcome of an investigation by the student union.

Wairich told BuzzFeed News he had every right to protest without being criticised by the university or the trustees who oversee the student union's work.

"I have a right to freedom of speech," he said, "and it's my job to stand up and speak on behalf of students, whether the university management like what I have to say or otherwise."