Wisconsin: At least 34 students detained in eviction from pro-Palestine camp

At least 34 students from the University of Wisconsinin the north of U.Swere arrested this Wednesday by the Police, adding to the hundreds of arrests across the country as authorities responded to the anti-war movement in Link.

Local police entered the university campus at around 7am local time to evict the camp that students had set up in one of the institution’s parks, according to local media.

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In videos published on the social network X, it is possible to see how the students confronted the agents, who were carrying riot shields. In several cases, police officers threw several students and teachers to the ground during the confrontation.

Although the university warned that it was prohibited to set up camps on campus, hundreds of students decided to gather since Monday at one of the main points of the educational center.

The protests in Wisconsin They are part of a wave of student demonstrations across U.Swho call on universities to sever all types of relations and business with the Israeli government in retaliation for the attacks on Gaza strip.

Hundreds of students from different public and private universities in the country were arrested for participating in these protests.

Likewise, police units were deployed on the premises of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) following violent clashes this morning between groups of pro-Israel protesters and those demanding an end to war in Gaza.

In general, in University of California Protests were more peaceful than in other places, such as Colombiain New Yorkwhere protesters yesterday came to occupy one of the main university buildings that had to be evacuated by the Police.

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The mayor of New York, Eric Adamsthis Wednesday placed at 282 those arrested in the pro-Palestinian university protests in that city yesterday and guaranteed that among the protesters there were “external agitators”.

“We currently have 282 arrests: 173 come from CUNY (the city’s public university) and 109 from Columbia“Adams said today at a joint press conference with Eduardo Cabáncommissioner of New York Police Department.

Politicians from both major U.S. parties have condemned the protests and the U.S. government. Joe Biden called “anti-Semitic and violent” some of the students’ slogans and several of their strategies, such as the occupation of university buildings.

Source: Elcomercio

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