As new semester dawns, campus protesters in US face heightened restrictions
Fall semester was meant to be the final hurdle. Only four months of classes remained before Jonas could graduate from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.
But as Jonas — who asked to have his last name withheld — started his second week of class, he found himself confronting a new obstacle: an impending disciplinary hearing.
Jonas was one of thousands of university students across the United States who participated in on-campus activism to protest Israel’s war in Gaza during the last academic year.
Now, as those student protesters return for a new year of learning, they are facing a landscape transformed by updated restrictions, heightened security measures and increased scrutiny of pro-Palestine movements.
New York Police use a drone to surveil students protesting outside the main entrance to Columbia University, in New York City, on August 25
Demonstrators in London call for end to war in Gaza
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of London again to call for an end to the war in Gaza.
People were seen waving Palestinian flags and holding banners that read “Ceasefire Now” and “Free Palestine”.
Multiple pro-Palestine demonstrations have taken place in the British capital since the war on Gaza began about a year ago.
Thousands march in London in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the face of the ongoing Israeli genocide. pic.twitter.com/QBv9CmLVu5
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) September 15, 2024
