2024-04-25 21:16:32
She said in a statement Wednesday evening that protests denouncing Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip and supporting Palestinian rights in general on campuses at some universities “have been thwarted by racist and oppressive practices by university administrations.” “.
She explained that these practices conflict with the need for universities to “facilitate and protect their students’ right to protest.”
“University administrations have gone to great lengths to suppress the protests, even involving local authorities and demanding arrests, while punishing students who participate in peaceful protests.”
The statement from the human rights organization (based in London) condemns the position of the administrations of some leading universities in the United States, notably in Colombia and Texas, and their use of the police to disperse demonstrators supporting Palestinians and the arrest of a number of students who participated in these rallies.
Amnesty International urged university administrations in the United States to “protect and facilitate the right of all students to peacefully and safely protest and organize counter-protests on their campuses.”
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