Police arrest protesters at Columbia University who had set up pro-Palestinian encampment
New York police have removed a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at Columbia University on and arrested dozens of people.
New York police have removed a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at Columbia University on and arrested dozens of people.
Covid is long since over, but the protesters still wear face masks: the ignorant, entitled little delinquents running riot in so many of the world’s greatest universities are truly an embarrassment. The product of a catastrophic social experiment, of years of brainwashing and coddling, they embody all of the Western world’s most debilitating pathologies.
Another night of violence has unfolded in Georgia as police have fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters opposing a so-called "Russian law". The "foreign agents" bill would require organisations that receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as agents of foreign influence. Georgian critics say the bill is inspired by laws used to suppress dissent in Russia.
Georgia’s main opposition leader was beaten by security forces as he joined a pro-Western demonstration against the country’s new “Russia law”.
“For many of us, we are not without any fear and anxiety,” said one professor, who has been forming human barricades with other faculty members to protect protesting students from police
While some US colleges are hardening their stance on pro-Palestinian protesters, in Gaza they are being applauded.
Hours after Columbia University's deadline for students to disband their encampment to avoid suspension, emboldened protesters have taken over a hall.
The Paris region authority sparked controversy Tuesday by temporarily suspending funding for Sciences Po, one of the country's most prestigious universities, after it was rocked by tense pro-Palestinian demonstrations.In an echo of tense demonstrations rocking many top US universities, students at Sciences Po have staged a number of protests, with some students furious over the Israel-Hamas war and ensuing humanitarian crisis in the besieged Palestinian territory of Gaza.
When Eric Adams, the New York mayor, issued a warning about “outside agitators” infiltrating the pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University, his words were accompanied by video of students dutifully obeying orders from a grey-haired woman.
Protesters were sprayed and a stun grenade deployed by police on the University of Texas campus in Austin on Monday, April 29, footage from the action shows.Footage recorded by Lina Fisher shows police using a targeted spray at close range to protesters.A loud boom is heard at one point in the footage, with bystanders commenting that it was a stun grenade.Local media, citing the Travis County Sheriff’s Office, said 79 protesters were arrested.The protesters had been removed from a pro-Palestine encampment on the university campus. Credit: Lina Fisher via Storyful
Frederik Pleitgen looks Iranian students showing solidarity with U.S. campus protesters.
Turkish police on Wednesday fired tear gas and rubber bullets and detained dozens of protesters after authorities banned May 1 rallies at Istanbul's historic Taksim Square.More than 40,000 police were deployed across Istanbul, blocking even small sidestreets with metal barriers in an attempt to prevent protesters gathering.Police clashed with demonstrators near city hall in the Sarachane district, firing tear gas and rubber bullets to stop protesters breaching barricades, AFP reporters said. According to media reports, at least 150 people had been detained by midday, but authorities did not confirm the figure. AFP reporters saw many people being arrested.Some were detained trying to enter Taksim Square.Tall metal barriers were put up around the square, where authorities have banned rallies since 2013, when it was the focus of demonstrations against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government.Taksim was a rallying ground for May Day celebrations until 1977, when at least 34 people were killed during demonstrations. Authorities opened it up again in 2010, but it was shut again after the 2013 protests.In the Besiktas district, police detained at least 30 left-wing protesters who were shouting "Taksim cannot be banned", an AFP journalist.One protester was dragged along the ground by police and his group detained. Another 30 people were detained in the Sisli district.The MLSA rights group said several journalists were pushed to the ground during the troubles.- 'Taksim belongs to workers' -Main roads across Istanbul were closed to traffic while public transport including ferries and subway trains were halted because of the security clampdown. Landmarks such as the Topkapi palace were cordoned off.Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Taksim would be out of bounds for rallies to stop "terrorist organisations" using it for "propaganda".Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and unions had pressed the government to open the square for labour rallies but Erdogan warned on Tuesday against any provocation. CHP leader Ozgur Ozel, accompanied by Istanbul's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and labour unions, gathered at the Sarachane neighbourhood. "We will keep on fighting until Taksim is free," Ozel said. "Taksim belongs to the workers."Addressing the police, Ozel declared: "These workers are not your enemies Our only desire is for the day to be celebrated as a festival. We do not want conflict." In 2023, Turkey's top constitutional court ruled that the closure of Taksim Square for protests was a violation of rights. fo/tw/jj
More than 1,000 workers and trade unionists demonstrated outside BAE Systems sites, as well as the London office of a Government department.
United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain lambasted the mass arrests of pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses across the country, while emphasizing the union’s call for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. “The UAW will never support the mass arrest or intimidation of those exercising their right to protest, strike, or speak out…
President Tayyip Erdogan said on the eve of May Day that the annual protests would not be allowed to take place on Taksim Square
Photos show activists standing outside the gates whilst police are also in attendance. Signs held by the protesters read: "Stop arming genocide" and "this factory arms".
Protests at Columbia University against the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza have been allegedly "co-opted" by what New York City police officials described as professional outside agitators bent on sowing chaos and violence. Top police brass in New York said at a news conference Wednesday that protesters unaffiliated with Columbia University have been escalating violence. "These external actors are obviously not students and their presence on campus is a violation of Columbia's clearly stated policy," Adams said during a press briefing Tuesday.
Former President Trump made unfounded claims Tuesday that pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University featured “paid agitators” as nationwide college campus protests escalate. Hundreds of New York City Police Department officers, many with batons and in riot gear, cleared Columbia’s protest encampments Tuesday evening, including arresting students who occupied a campus building. Trump claimed in a Fox News…
An intense and organized effort to bring down personal and professional repercussions on participants is playing out online
Brown University’s corporate board will vote on a proposal to divest from Israeli interests, the university announced Tuesday, a major victory for student protesters who have taken over dozens of college campuses nationwide. Protesters at Brown will tear down their encampment at the center of campus and cease demonstrations through the end of the school year as part of an…
Critics of the so-called 'Russian law' say it undermines democracy and could derail the country’s chances of joining the European Union.