Victims of UCLA Mob Attack Sue to “Hold the Aggressors Accountable” (The Intercept, 2025-03-20)

https://theintercept.com/2025/03/20/ucla-palestine-israel-campus-protest-lawsuit/
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“In Late April 2024, a mob attacked a pro-Palestinian student encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles. Police and campus security stood by and watched the assault for nearly five hours before intervening. Pleas to university officials went nowhere. And the next day police returned, only to violently and unlawfully clear the encampment and arrest protesters. These are the allegations of a group of students and faculty who are suing the people they blame for the attack, law enforcement agencies, and university officials for violating their civil rights.

“The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, comes as the federal government deploys all of its might to restrict speech on Palestine in the name of eradicating antisemitism on college campuses...”

#USPol #proPalestineEncampment #UCLA
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfL7J19VVVlOJuVKVFZu0OPPyn2KKHEk-ULJ5XHDSfEF0RRKw/viewform

Erasure and Defiance: The Politics of Silence and Voice on Palestine

Free online conference hosted by the University of Tecnology Sydney’s Diversities and Social Inclusion Research Group, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

FRIDAY JULY 5, 5.00 - 7.30PM (AEST)
SATURDAY JULY 6, 9.30AM - 4.30PM (AEST)

“This online conference is aimed at anyone interested in the current situation in Palestine. Students, academics, journalists, and community members alike are welcome to join. Sessions are in webinar format allowing participants to put questions to speakers. It is free of charge and recordings will be available.”

Registration required.

@palestine #StopGenocide #ProPalestineEncampment

https://aussiedlerbote.de/en/pro-palestinian-protest-camp-to-be-extended/

Pro-Palestinian "protest camp" to be extended (Aussiedlerbote, 2024-06-27)

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(or in German)
https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1183345.hochschulen-ein-funken-hoffnung-fuer-palaestina.html

Ein Funken Hoffnung für Palästina (nd, 2024-06-28)
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"In May, an occupation at the Free University of #Berlin was broken up. A new protest camp on the edge of the university has now been tolerated..."

The encampment is named "Heba Camp" in the memory of the late poet Heba Abu Nada.

They demand ceasefire and to stop arming Israel, or establishing scholarships for Palestinian students, and especially the revision of the popular definition of #Antisemitism in accordance to that by International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (#IHRA). The latter is quite important, as (particularly) in #Germany the tendency to bash and ban any pro-Palestine activities as antisemitic prevails.

Behold how it should turn out.

#ProPalestineEncampment
#FUBerlin
@palestine

https://aussiedlerbote.de/en/pro-palestinian-protest-camp-to-be-extended/

Pro-Palestinian "protest camp" to be extended (Aussiedlerbote, 2024-06-27)

(in German)
https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1183345.hochschulen-ein-funken-hoffnung-fuer-palaestina.html

Ein Funken Hoffnung für Palästina (nd, 2024-06-28)
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"In May, an occupation at the Free University of #Berlin was broken up. A new protest camp on the edge of the university has now been tolerated..."

The encampment is named "Heba Camp" in the memory of the late poet Heba Abu Nada.

They demand ceasefire and stop of arming Israel, or establishing scholarships for Palestinian students, and especially the revision of the popular definition of #Antisemitism in accordance to that by International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (#IHRA). The latter is quite important, as (particularly) in #Germany the tendency to bash and ban any pro-Palestine activities as antisemitic prevails.

Behold how it should turn out.

#ProPalestineEncampment
#FUBerlin
@palestine

https://verfassungsblog.de/besetzte-hochschulautonomie/

Besetzte Hochschulautonomie: Berliner Verhältnisse am Tag des Grundgesetzes (Verfassungsblog, 2024-06-03)
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"Am 23. Mai, dem Tag des Grundgesetzes, wurde das am Vortag von Studierenden besetzte Institut für Sozialwissenschaften der Berliner Humboldt-Universität (HU), polizeilich geräumt. Die Präsidentin der HU, ... sprach hinterher davon, dass sie von der Wissenschaftssenatorin und dem Regierenden Bürgermeister angewiesen worden sei, die Besetzung zu beenden. Aus diesem Anlass fragt der folgende Beitrag nach den Voraussetzungen und Grenzen der Aufsicht des Senats gegenüber der Hochschule. Dabei zeigt sich, dass die Hochschulautonomie der Präsidentin einen weiten Ermessensspielraum verschafft, auf derartige Situation zu reagieren, und – auf Grundlage der bislang bekannten Tatsachen – eine Weisung in der vorliegenden Situation rechtswidrig gewesen wäre."

@palestine
#ProPalestineEncampment
#UniversityAutonomy
#UHumboldt #Germany

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/30/ucla-student-pro-palestinian-protesters-threat

UCLA threatens to withhold degrees from pro-Palestinian student protesters (Guardian, 2024-05-31)
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“At least 55 students arrested in police raid on Gaza solidarity camp accused of flouting code of conduct and threatened with sanctions”

“#UCLA, one of the nation’s most prominent public universities, has faced particularly intense scrutiny after counter-protesters physically attacked pro-Palestinian protesters in the solidarity encampment on the night of 30 April. Police stood by for hours as the attacks escalated.

“Later that week, police cleared the encampment and arrested members and organizers. The militarized response sparked criticism from faculty across the campus, some calling for the chancellor’s resignation. This week, UCLA graduate student workers also went on #strike in protest of the university’s response to protests.”

@palestine
#ProPalestineEncampment

http://v.aa.com.tr/3230906

#Harvard graduation ceremony witnesses emphasis on Gaza (Anadolu Agency, 2024-05-26)
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“Speaking at the university's graduation ceremony, [Shruthi] Kumar … criticized the university administration's stance on Gaza.

“Kumar, who is of South Asian origin, noted that their messages of freedom of expression and solidarity with Gaza were penalized shortly before graduation, saying: ‘I am deeply disappointed by the intolerance for freedom of speech and the right to civil disobedience on campus.

“‘The students had spoken. The faculty had spoken.’

"’Harvard, do you hear us?’ she further said, receiving a standing ovation.”

@palestine #ProPalestineEncampment #CivilDisobedience #FreedomOfSpeech

https://aje.io/8qv8vo

Punched, choked, kicked: German police crack down on student protests (Al Jazeera, 2024-05-25)

In German:
https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/polizei-greift-journalisten-der-berliner-zeitung-bei-raeumung-der-humboldt-universitaet-an-li.2218115

Polizeigewalt bei Räumung der HU: Journalist der Berliner Zeitung misshandelt, verletzt (Berliner Zeitung, 2024-05-24)
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As the police forces cleared the occupation inside Humboldt University (#Berlin), "Ignacio Rosaslanda, a video journalist for the Berliner Zeitung who was covering the operation was beaten by an officer despite identifying himself, and said he was denied access to medical treatment for several hours."

Once a journalist get hurt by authorities, at least in #Germany, it can be very noisy. Look forward to the consequences...

@palestine
#ProPalestineEncampment
#UHumboldt

https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/hessen/hr-heftige-diskussionen-um-pro-palaestina-camp-in-frankfurt-100.html

Heftige Diskussionen um Pro-Palästina-Camp in Frankfurt (Tagesschau, 2024-05-23)
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Pro-Palestine encampment in Goethe-University (#Frankfurt) continues, for the time-being, as the Administrative Court ruled it not to be banned.

The report tells that all the residents in the student-dormitories (one Catholic and one Evangelical/Protestant) received a postal instruction from the landlord forbidding any visitors out of the encampment in their dorm. And that on Sunday, namely a day before the protest camp was to start.

A small comfort is, at least one student resident was upset by such an attempt to violate personal rights.

@palestine #ProPalestineEncampment
#Germany

https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/berlin/pro-palaestinensische-aktivisten-hu-berlin-100.html

Polizei räumt Humboldt-Universität (Tagesschau, 2024-05-23)
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The students’ occupation as a protest action for Gaza at the Humboldt University (#Berlin) was cleared by police forces on its second day.

Officially it was ordered by University administration, but the instruction from higher level (= Mayor Kai Wegner) was surely given.

@palestine #UHumboldt #Germany #ProPalestineEncampment
#StopGenocide

https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/berlin/pro-palaestinensische-aktivisten-hu-berlin-100.html

Polizei räumt Humboldt-Universität (Tagesschau, 2024-05-23)
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The students’ occupation as a protest action for Gaza at the Humboldt University (#Berlin) was cleared by police forces on its second day.

Officially it was ordered by University administration, but the instructions from higher level (= Mayor Kai Wegner) was surely given.

@palestine #UHumboldt #Germany #ProPalestineEncampment
#StopGenocide

https://taz.de/!6009132/

Pro-Palästina-Schülerstreik in Neukölln
: Jung-Kommunisten in der Sonnenallee | Ein Kommunistischer Jugendbund und die Migrantifa demonstrieren für Palästina. An der Humboldt-Universität kommt es erneut zu Besetzungen.（taz, 2024-05-22）
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Though in a small number, the students of Ernst-Abbe-Gymnasium in Neukölln (#Berlin) dared to take action “School strike for Palestine”, with Kuffiye & music & marching through #Sonnenalee.

… Also a renewed occupation in Uni Humboldt is reported. #Germany

@palestine
#StopGenocide
#ProPalestineEncampment

https://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/frankfurt/sieben-festnahmen-in-protestcamp-an-uni-frankfurt-19734093.html

Sieben Festnahmen in Protestcamp an Uni Frankfurt (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 2024-05-21)
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Pro-Palestine camp in U of #Frankfurt, began Monday, and on the second day already seven protesters are reported to be arrested bc of some “hate-inciting” posters.

@palestine
#ProPalestineEncampment #Germany #FAZ

@palestine

Live coverage from U of Denver:

https://mastodon.social/@UnicornRiot/112482846348281298

#Denver, #Colorado.
#ProPalestineEncampment

Frankfurter Uni will gerichtlich Auflagen für Pro-Palästina-Protestcamp verschärfen https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/hessen/hr-frankfurter-uni-will-gerichtlich-auflagen-fuer-pro-palaestina-protestcamp-verschaerfen-100.html

@palestine
#Frankfurt #Germany
#ProPalestineEncampment

https://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/gaza-camp-an-uni-frankfurt-geplant-stadt-verfuegt-auflagen-19728848.html

Gaza-Camp an Uni Frankfurt geplant, Stadt verfügt Auflagen (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 2024-05-18)
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The students of Goethe-University in #Frankfurt plan their pro-Palestine camp, 20-26 May.

The adiministration & City government wished to ban the protest but recognized the legality is scarce, so they put a list of strict conditions.

- No 'antisemitic' slogan
- No hate-speece whatever
- No call for violence
- No disturbance of University activities
- Detailed waste and hygiene concept should be submitted (German... )
- No damage to the ground, i.e. pegs for tent not allowed
- Camping well away from buildings and statues

... ...

Just curious how it's going to roll.

#ProPalestineEncampment
#Germany
@palestine

> Bt

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/10/college-campus-protests-far-right

Why far-right groups are disrupting US campus protests: ‘When there’s so much attention, they show up’ — Gaza counter-protesters at UCLA took part in anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-vaccine events across southern California, researchers say
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“Beyond #UCLA, a number of far-right actors, including a violent white supremacist charged in connection with January 6, the founder of the Proud Boys, and a former member of the streetfighting Neo-Fascist Rise Above Movement have stood alongside pro-Israel demonstrators confronting Gaza solidarity encampments at universities across the country…”

@palestine
#ProPalestineEncampment

> Bt

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/10/college-campus-protests-far-right

Why far-right groups are disrupting US campus protests: ‘When there’s so much attention, they show up’ — Gaza counter-protesters at UCLA took part in anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-vaccine events across southern California, researchers say
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“Beyond UCLA, a number of far-right actors, including a violent white supremacist charged in connection with January 6, the founder of the Proud Boys, and a former member of the streetfighting Neo-Fascist Rise Above Movement have stood alongside pro-Israel demonstrators confronting Gaza solidarity encampments at universities across the country…”

@palestine
#ProPalestineEncampment