UN rights chief troubled by treatment of pro-Palestinian protesters at US universities
"It must be clear that legitimate exercises of the freedom of expression cannot be conflated with incitement to violence and hatred"
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The UN human rights chief said on Tuesday he was "troubled" by heavy-handed actions taken by US security forces during attempts to break up pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses.
"I
am concerned that some of law enforcement actions across a series of
universities appear disproportionate in their impacts," Volker Turk said
in a statement sent to journalists, in which he made reference to
arrests and sanctions of students. ---More...
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Reporters saying situation is “out of control” and arrests are being made pic.twitter.com/McOU03dubc
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