Mass arrests roil college campuses amid pro-Palestinian protests
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Students at dozens of universities in the U.S. and Canada are continuing to protest for Palestinian human rights after months of war in Gaza. Most student organizations participating in protests and encampments on campuses have similar demands of their administrations, including divestment from companies that could be profiting from the war and transparency regarding where they’re investing their money. Many universities have said they support freedom of speech and will allow protests on campus,...
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Letters to the Editor: Debating the arrests of pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses
To the editor: It feels like a heavy week. College students across the nation have been facing extreme forms of retaliation for justly demanding that the schools to which they become indebted divest from a genocide. These institutions are trying to silence us, yet they are the ones that have taught us we have a right to peaceful assembly. That is, apparently, unless we exercise that right to call them out and hold them accountable. A genocide should never be debated; it is inhumane to do so. Let...
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Nearly 2,200 people have been arrested during pro-Palestinian protests on US college campuses
Police have arrested nearly 2,200 people during pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses across the United States in recent weeks