About 100 people have been detained at Northeastern University in the US city of Boston as police broke up a pro-Palestinian protest. It's the latest standoff in a wave of pro-Palestinian sit-ins at campuses around the United States.Also in the programme: A resident of Haiti tells us he wants his country to be "occupied" to stop gang violence; and celebrations in South Africa marking 30 years since the first ever free and fair election in 1994.(Photo: Police watch as pro-Palestinian students...
The divestment movement has a long history among US student activists, including in the overlapping movements of todayCameron Jones first learned about fossil fuel divestment as a 15-year-old climate organizer. When he enrolled at Columbia University in 2022, he joined the campus’s chapter of the youth-led climate justice group the Sunrise Movement and began pushing the school in New York to sever financial ties with coal, oil and gas companies.“The time for institutions like Columbia to be in...
Turkish riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse May Day demonstrators trying to reach Istanbul's main Taksim Square on Wednesday, and Turkish media said dozens of protesters were detained. President Tayyip Erdogan said on the eve of May Day that Taksim Square, cordoned off by the police, would not be allowed for the annual protests. Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel called for the rally in the square despite a ban issued by the Istanbul
New York, April 25, 2024 — Texas authorities should immediately drop all charges against a FOX 7 Austin journalist detained while covering a pro-Palestinian protest and take steps to ensure journalists can do their jobs safely and without interference, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. Law enforcement officers arrested a FOX 7 Austin photographer
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill confirmed approximately 30 anti-Israel demonstrators were detained Tuesday morning for refusing to leave an encampment protest set up on campus. At 5:30 a.m., UNC Chapel Hill administrators shared a statement from Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts and Provost Chris Clemens advising protesters to leave the area and remove tents, tables or other items by 6 a.m. or they may face arrest and other consequences, including suspension from campus and,...
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The university president's decision to bring in the NYPD lit a wildfire of protest over the Gaza war.
The Boston Police Department arrested more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters Wednesday evening at Emerson College, the Daily Caller News Foundation confirmed. Students have been protesting Read More
A Columbia University professor is speaking out against anti-Israel protestors and calling on police to protect him. The professor, however, has a history of anti-police activism.
During anti-Israel protests, demonstrators at NYU slammed police with
Police moved protesters out of an encampment at the University of Wisconsin. The operation came after campus police gave protesters 15 minutes to remove their tents, according to the student newspaper The Daily Cardinal.
NEW YORK >> The police cleared out a protest at Columbia University this afternoon, arresting dozens of demonstrators who had occupied a lawn on campus and throwing out their tent encampment. The actions came the day after university leaders pledged to Congress that they would crack down on unauthorized student protests tied to the war in the Gaza Strip.