Student protestors at University of Lausanne continue pro-Palestine sit-in

Several hundred people gathered at the University of Lausanne (UNIL) on Saturday in support of students who have been demonstrating for the Palestinian cause. Since Thursday, a hall on campus has been occupied by students demanding a boycott of Israeli academic institutions and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. They have been authorised to stay until Monday afternoon, when another meeting with university authorities is to take place. On Saturday a rally attracted some 400 people to the site, which is decked out with banners and Palestinian flags. The atmosphere was non-confrontational, and participants did not enter the occupied building. + Read more: our coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian war Between two speeches, participants chanted “Gaza, UNIL is with you” and “Down with Israeli apartheid”. In a subsequent address, Joseph Daher, a guest professor at UNIL, praised the mobilisation of the students, who he said were “outraged by something that is unacceptable – genocide”. A second ...