Pro-Palestine Student Activists Refuse to Disband ‘Gaza Solidarity’ Camp in Melbourne

Published on May 20, 2024

Students for Palestine at La Trobe University in Melbourne are refusing to comply with an order from administrators to disband their encampment. La Trobe is one of multiple universities around Australia battling with pro-Palestinian activists setting up camps on campus grounds and refusing to leave. Students at La Trobe are claiming that a request to disband the camp is an attack on freedom of speech. Rather than disbanding the camp, the students at La Trobe will hold a “free Palestine” protest on May 20 to defend the La Trobe Gaza Camp. “Support the right to protest! Defend the LaTrobe Gaza Camp,” a post on Instagram states....

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