Swiss police remove pro-Palestinian students from Geneva University

Police intervened early this morning to remove around fifty pro-Palestinian students who had been occupying the University of Geneva (UNIGE) in Switzerland for almost a week and were refusing to obey the demands of the educational institution's management, according to Swiss media. About 20 police officers, both in uniform and plainclothes, entered the UniMail building around 05:00 local time (06:00 Greek time), said a reporter for the Keystone-ATS news agency who was there. “Most of the protesters were sleeping. After gathering, they were taken to the underground parking lot of the facility,” reported Gilli Zaug, a journalist for the LémanbleuTV television network on social media X. “A small committee is waiting in front of the entrance to this parking lot, clapping incessantly and shouting slogans of support for Palestine or the her fellow students,” added the journalist, clarifying that she saw students “in handcuffs being led to cages” by the police. These students wanted to denounce the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, which was triggered by […]
Source: News Beast

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