📍Greece

Nine international comrades are currently being held under administrative detention at the Amygdaleza Deportation Camp in Greece, awaiting deportation.

On Tuesday 14 May, 2024, 28 people were detained after protestors de-occupied the Athens University Law School to call for the academic boycott and divestment. The 28 people, including 8 non-Greek European passport holders and 1 non-Greek British passport holder, were consequently transferred to Athens police headquarters and detained overnight before appearing in court the next day.

The court session was brief and consequently postponed until Tuesday 28 May, due to the ineptitude of the Greek police and legal system, which failed to provide relevant translators and witnesses. The court session was adjourned and all 28 members were declared free, pending the court session on May 28.

Upon the court's adjournment, the 9 non-Greek protesters continued to be handcuffed and held at the court house, despite protest from the people and their legal representatives. An officer then informed the legal representatives that the 9 individuals would be further investigated to assess the legitimacy of their right to remain in Greece. The 9 were then kidnapped from the courthouse and forced onto a bus by undercover police in civilian clothing. Soon, they found themselves at the processing center for asylum-seekers awaiting deportation in Greece.

Upon contact with lawyers, the European and British citizens learned the Greek State's central security department had declared them a danger to state security, placed them on the national list of "unwanted aliens" and issued orders for deportation to their countries of origin.

The Greek State has long deported and demonized asylum seekers, those without papers, and refugees, treating them as “outside agitators.” From Fortress Europe to the U.S.-Mexico border, fascist regimes have invested billions of dollars into Zionist-manufactured military surveillance technologies from companies like Elbit Systems that fuel xenophobia, social engineering, and militarism worldwide. All of our liberation struggles are intertwined—LONG LIVE INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY

Support the protestors’ legal fees by contributing here: https://gogetfunding.com/support-for-the-9-detained-internationals-in-greece/

📍University of Michigan

Riot cops violently raided the UMich Gaza solidarity encampment early this morning, liberally using pepper spray. We’re hearing reports of multiple arrests and some hospitalizations.

As street fighting in Rafah and Jabalia intensifies, as bombs reign down on Palestinians who have been forcibly displaced by zionist aggression multiple times, this is where universities like UMich decide to take a stand: on the wrong side of history.

Solidarity with our comrades. Free Palestine.

📍Melbourne, Australia

After a weeks-long Gaza solidarity encampment that culminated in the liberation of Mahmoud’s Hall, the University of Melbourne administration has announced that it will officially disclose its investments

THIS IS AN AMAZING FIRST STEP, AND STUDENTS VOW TO CONTINUE ORGANIZING UNTIL FULL DIVESTMENT!

‼️California State University, Sacramento is the first public university in California to begin divestment: www.instagram.com/p/C7N_DWFuBcn/

📍Oxford University

Oxford administration called the police on their students after they staged a sit-in at the vice chancellors office. 16 students have been arrested so far and mass mobilisation is needed at wellington square.

POWER TO THE STUDENTS!SHAME ON THE UNIVERSITY!

📍UC Santa Cruz

Scenes from day four of the UCSC stand up strike called by UAW4811 in solidarity with the movement for a free Palestine!

📍Harvard University

Hundreds of students and faculty walked out of Harvard’s commencement today in solidarity with Palestine.

Pro-Palestinian protesters are on the roof of UCLA’s Kerckhoff hall and renamed it Bassel Al-Araj Hall, in honor of a Palestinian activist/author who was killed by the IDF in 2017.