NEW YORK April 30. 2024 (Saba) -Response to student pro-Palestine sit-ins has been so severe, the Human Rights Watch said, as authorities in universities denied demonstrators the right to peaceful protest.
While they should encourage education, debate and next generation to defend their faiths, universities' rectors shockingly responded to pro-Palestine protests, the HRW added in a statement.
Instead of respecting basic freedoms, they responded with severe measures in Colombia, Texas and other universities, where academic terms were collectively paused, students were evacuated and expelled, and journalists were arrested for reporting on protests, the statement said.
People simply cannot be denied their right to peaceful, mass protest because some individuals at or near a rally said shabby things, the right group added.
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