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Top UN Human Rights Official Raises Alarm Over Repression of Student Protests
Over 1,200 protesters have been arrested across dozens of campuses just over the past two weeks.
Pro-Palestine Protesters Occupy University Hall After Columbia Refuses to Divest
Protesters renamed the building “Hind’s Hall” after Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed in Gaza.
Photojournalist Violently Arrested at Texas Campus Protest Faces Felony Charge
Press freedom advocates condemned Carlos Sanchez's arrest and called for the charge against him to be dropped.
They Risked Their Lives for Freedom in Iran. Now They Fear Israel’s Bombs.
Having survived waves of domestic repression, protesters in Iran are now in the crosshairs of Israeli bombs.
Berkeley’s Free Palestine Encampment Draws on Legacy of Palestinian Protests
Student organizer Malak Afaneh discusses the demands of the movement and calls for students everywhere to organize.
Crackdowns on Protests Are Exposing Higher Ed’s Complicity in Israel’s Genocide
Student protests are ramping up, and university administrations are menacing students with police and surveillance.
Police Violently Crack Down on Emory University’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment
Police used tear gas and stun guns to break up the encampment as they wrestled people to the ground.
Sanders Sharply Rebukes Netanyahu’s Claim That Campus Protests Are Antisemitic
“It is not antisemitic to hold you accountable for your actions,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said in a scathing statement.
UT Austin Faculty Strike in Solidarity With Pro-Palestine Student Protesters
Faculty are acting together, without a union, to break the law and stop work in order to protect the student movement.
SCOTUS Ignores Housing Crisis in Hearing on Laws Criminalizing Unhoused People
As the court hearing took place, unhoused people and their allies rallied outside, demanding “housing, not handcuffs.”