Colombia gives ultimatum to pro-Palestine protesters to vacate or be suspended

O Columbia University This Monday, he gave the pro-Palestinian students occupying his campus a period of a few hours, until 2pm local time (6pm GMT), to leave the camp under penalty of being suspended and not being allowed to leave. end the school year.

The university’s letter, which was circulated by several activist groups – including one called Students from Colombia for justice in Palestine-, offers campers the possibility of avoiding this extreme measure If they agree to leave the premises, take your belongings and sign a document.

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In this document, in addition to committing to comply with university rules – which according to management were violated in seven different aspects during the camp – the signatories agree to go through a disciplinary process that could result in “more severe sanctions if found responsible for additional misconduct (…) including engaging in or returning to unauthorized activities.”

If the student leaving the camp does not sign this document, they will also suffer retaliation knowing that the University “already identified many” of participants: “If you don’t identify yourself when you leave and do not sign this document, you will have no hope of completing the semester properly. And if he doesn’t leave before 2pm, he will be suspended pending further investigation.”

As the graduation date approaches, May 15th, in addition to the final exams, the nervousness to the possibility that pro-Palestinian camps can disrupt any of these vital moments at the university.

With this ultimatum, it seems that the university – the epicenter of pro-Palestinian protests– wants to avoid the image of the Police entering the campus and dismantling the camp, a camp that is in the center of the political and media debate since two weeks.

Source: Elcomercio

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