Pro-Palestinian Protesters Camp Out at University of Sao Paulo

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8 May 2024 at 8:22 am

The University of Sao Paulo has become one of the latest higher-learning institutions to be taken over by pro-Palestinian protesters, as tents were pitched on its campus on Tuesday, May 7.

According to O Globo, the Student Committee in Solidarity With the Palestinian People was leading the protest.

Footage from the student group Faisca Revolucionaria shows the encampment on Tuesday, with a second clip showing tents in place early on the morning of May 8. Credit: Faisca Revolucionaria via Storyful

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