Melbourne University Issues Warning to Pro-Palestinian Student Encampment

Free Palestine protesters have issued an urgent call for demonstrators to head to the University of Melbourne, in response to orders from the university to leave. Activists have camped for days at the Arts West building on the Parkville campus, leading to the cancellation of classes in the university hall. In an act of defiance, “University of Melbourne for Palestine” students called an “emergency rally” at what they now call “Mahmoud’s Hall.” The building was renamed by activists in memory of Mahmoud Al Haq, a student who died in Gaza ahead of planned studies at the university. The move-on notice clearly states that camping is not allowed on university premises, and occupation of buildings is also not permitted....