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Swiss police forcibly end sit-in at University of Geneva, arrests made

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  • Source: Agencies
  • 14 May 2024 14:24
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Swiss police forcibly dispersed a sit-in at the University of Geneva, where students were protesting in solidarity with Palestine.

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  • Students at the Swiss University of Geneva escalate their protests in solidarity with Palestine on May 14, 2024. (Social media)
    Students at the Swiss University of Geneva escalated their protests in solidarity with Palestine on May 14, 2024. (Social media)

Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Geneva reported that Swiss police forcibly cleared the University of Geneva of students engaged in a sit-in to protest against the continued Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip and to express solidarity with Palestine. The mobilized police arrested several students in the process.

The University of Geneva's president had previously threatened to take all necessary measures to disperse the protesters, as the protest expanded with the involvement of three new universities joining the Geneva and Lausanne Universities in the sit-in movement supporting Gaza.

The University of Geneva has become a hub of activism, as thousands of students converged in its squares in a powerful display of solidarity for #Palestine and support for #Gaza.

Their impassioned chants and placards articulate a resolute message of opposition to the ongoing… pic.twitter.com/2DjCR4oj6d

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) May 14, 2024

Pro-Palestinian students have been staging the sit-in at the University of Geneva for about a week, demanding the university call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and sever ties with Israeli universities and research institutes. The university escalated its response, earlier, on Monday, announcing plans to file a criminal complaint against the students for trespassing.

Similarly, the University of Basel issued a final warning to students occupying a lecture hall, cautioning that failure to end the sit-in could lead to disciplinary actions ranging from reprimands to expulsion.

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Protesters at the University of Wisconsin-Madison staged a quiet protest at Camp Randall Stadium. The Wisconsin State Journal published a photo of people walking into the stadium's rear with two waving Palestinian flags.

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