Students set up Pro-Palestine campsite demonstration at Copenhagen University in solidary with UCLA

A student group called Students Against the Occupation (Studerende mod Besættelsen) has pitched tents and set up a camp demonstration at the University of Copenhagen grounds “in solidarity with UCLA students brutally repressed by the police”, according to a Facebook post by the group.

A pro-Palestine student protest at the University of Copenhagen on 6 May. Photo Alexandra Kossolapova

On Monday, Israel’s army conducted airstrikes in Rafah, the southernmost part of Gaza where over a million Palestinians – roughly half of the pre-war population of Gaza – is currently sheltering, with only a few hours of forewarning to evacuate, reports Reuters.  In recent days, college students on campuses across the US have been protesting […]


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