Pro-Palestinian demonstrations and sit-ins are increasing at universities across the United States and on several campuses around the world.
Columbia University in New York, one of the most prestigious universities in the United States, has become a center for student activism since Israel’s war on Gaza began more than six months ago, with protests both for and against the war.
On April 19, more than 100 protesters were arrested on campus as police cleared an encampment set up by students.
On April 22, Columbia administrators announced that classes would be held in hybrid mode through the end of the spring semester.
What are the demonstrators demanding?
Columbia’s pro-Palestinian students and faculty members are demanding that their university divest from companies that profit from Israel’s war on Gaza, which has now killed more than 34,400 people and injured at least 77,500.
Where are protests taking place?
The large-scale campus protests have spread to at least 50 other campuses around the world, including Yale University, Virginia Tech, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of California at Berkeley.
Al Jazeera will update the list as more information becomes available:
Australia: University of Melbourne, University of Sydney
Canada: McGill University, Concordia University
France: Paris Institute for Political Studies (Sciences Po), Sorbonne University
Italy: Sapienza University
UNITED KINGDOM: University of Leeds, University College London, Warwick University
United States: American University, Arizona State University, California State Polytechnic University, Columbia College Chicago, Columbia University, Cornell University, Drexel University, Emerson College, Emory University, Fashion Institute of Technology, Georgetown University, Humboldt, Indiana University Bloomington, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Michigan State University East Lansing Campus, Morehouse College, New York University, Ohio State University, Rice University, Roosevelt University, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Stanford University, Swarthmore College, Temple University, The City College of New York, The New School, Tufts University, University of California Berkeley, University of California Los Angeles, University of Chicago, University of Colorado, University of Connecticut, University of Maryland Baltimore County, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, University of Minnesota, University of New Mexico, University of North Carolina Charlotte, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, University of Southern California at Los Angeles, University of Texas Arlington, University of Texas Austin, University of Texas Dallas, University of Texas San Antonio, Vanderbilt University, Virginia Tech, Washington University , Yale University and George Washington University
Where were students and teachers arrested?
At least 900 students and faculty have been arrested in the United States in the past 10 days as protesters continue to demand a ceasefire in Gaza and the divestment of investments by companies that enable Israel’s nearly seven-month war on Gaza. Protests have become more violent as law enforcement has attempted to clear students and faculty from encampments and protest sites.
Several students were suspended, placed on probation and, in rare cases, expelled from their universities.
Momodou Taal was among four students at Cornell University in upstate New York who were “temporarily suspended” on Saturday for setting up an encampment on campus.
He told Al Jazeera that the protesting students had received threats and were subjected to doxxing, the publication of their personal information online without their consent. He said such students received no protection from their institutions.
Some universities had to cancel graduation ceremonies, while others saw their buildings, courtyards and courtyards occupied by protesters and, in some cases, encampments.
