UN concerned over treatment of US protesters
Source: Radio-Television Hong Kong/Agence France Presse
The United Nation's human rights chief has voiced concern over heavy-handed steps to remove protesters from university campuses in the United States where pro-Palestinian demonstrations have been taking place.
The statement comes as dozens of helmeted police on Tuesday night marched onto Columbia University in New York City – the epicentre of the student protests – and began evicting a building that had been barricaded by pro-Palestinian student protesters.
“Freedom of expression and the right to peaceful assembly are fundamental to society – particularly when there is sharp disagreement on major issues,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said in a statement.
It continued by saying that many of the protests have been held without incident and that at a number of locations, they have been dispersed or dismantled by security forces.
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