Sanaa offers to accommodate students expelled from US universities
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The Sanaa University announces that students expelled from US universities over pro-Palestinian protests could continue pursuing their degrees at the Yemeni institute.
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Demonstrators are on the Columbia University campus in New York at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on Monday, April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
A Yemeni university is offering a place for students expelled from universities in the United States for staging on-campus pro-Palestinian protests against the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which entered its seventh month.
"The very least we can do is to open the doors of our universities to accommodate them after they were expelled and oppressed," the head of Sanaa University told Reuters.
Over 2,000 people have been arrested on US university campuses in the past three weeks as they took part in the protests urging universities to divest from all investments linked to the Israeli occupation. Others were suspended, expelled, or put on probation.
Sanaa University had previously hailed the "humanitarian" stance of the students in the United States and announced that they could continue pursuing their degrees at the institute.
The announcement echoed a similar one by the head of Iran's internationally renowned Shiraz University, who confirmed the institute's readiness to grant scholarships to the students expelled from US and European universities over the pro-Palestinian protests.
Pro-Palestine encampments take over the world in support of Gaza against the ongoing Israeli genocide which has killed over 34,600 Palestinians since October 7. pic.twitter.com/bpdaT9kl4B
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) May 3, 2024
"Students and even professors who have been expelled or threatened with expulsion can continue their studies at Shiraz University and I think that other universities in Shiraz as well as Fars Province are also prepared [to provide the conditions]," said Mohammad Moazzeni, as reported by Iran's Press TV.
This comes as US police continue to violently crack down on the pro-Palestinian student protests and dismantle encampments across the nation.
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