“Columbia University: Azadi slogans raised at pro-Palestine protests, New York Police treat with heavy hands”, Organiser, April 23, 2024:
“Columbia University has been rocked by pro-Palestine protests over the last week, prompting police intervention and arrest of 108 demonstrators. But the action has failed to rein in the protests, which continued over the weekend.
The protests took place a day after Columbia University president Nemat Shafik Congressional testimony over anti-Semitism on college campus. Shafik, in a letter to the college students regretted her decision to allow police in the campus but said that she had no other option left. She also added that the university has suspended 15 students and that anti-Semitism had no place in the campus.
“Anti-Semitism has no place on the campus and I am personally committed doing everything I can to confront it directly,” she said. Meanwhile some videos have surfaced on social media showing Indian origin students chanting slogans in favour of Palestine. The videos show a woman raising slogans for Palestine, as her fellow protestors chant “Azadi” in chorus……”
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