Criticism of Human Rights Watch on the suppression of Palestine supporters in America

According to the report of Tasnim News Agency international group, international organization In response to the huge student uprising in the United States against the crimes of the Zionist regime against the Palestinian people, the Human Rights Watch announced that the reaction of the relevant authorities in the United States to the peaceful student demonstrations in support of Palestine was very sharp and the participants of these rallies were deprived of their right to hold It prohibits peaceful protests.

The organization stressed in a statement that the reactions of some presidents of American universities to pro-Palestinian protests were very shocking. University presidents are the ones who should teach the principles of learning and debate and encourage students in this direction and teach the future generation how to defend their opinions in an environment that respects basic freedoms.

In the continuation of this statement, we see that instead of respecting the fundamental freedoms of students, the presidents of American universities dealt with protesting students with strict measures in institutions such as Columbia University and Texas University, and we We are witnessing the expulsion of students from university dormitories and the arrest of journalists who cover student and teacher protests in America.

Human Rights Watch emphasized that even if the American authorities This means that the students’ protests do not agree with the war in Gaza and even if they believe that the situation in the Gaza Strip is not worthy of protest, these people and students still have the right to express their opinion and protest in a peaceful way, and we all have this right. /p>

In the following statement of this human rights organization, it is emphasized that it cannot be simply deprived people of their right to peaceful demonstrations.

This statement by the Human Rights Watch organization was issued after the American police have so far arrested more than 900 people in demonstrations. He has peacefully detained the supporters of Palestine who demand an end to the crimes committed by the Zionist regime against the people of Gaza. Last night, news sources reported massive demonstrations at the University of Texas, America, in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza and also in opposition to the US government’s support for the Zionist regime, and announced that the American police had taken action to remove students protesting the Gaza war from the University of Texas. The campus resorted to pepper spray. The American police has also resorted to force to disperse the student sit-in in support of Gaza at the University of Virginia. They started their “open and inclusive” against the war in Gaza. The professors of Columbia University in New York also formed a human chain to protect the protesting students supporting the Palestinian nation in Gaza. who were organizing demonstrations in support of Palestine in front of Tulane University in New Orleans, USA, suppressed and arrested them. The arrest of hundreds of protesters at Columbia University has become more widespread and after spreading to most universities in this country, it is spreading to universities in other countries around the world.

Protests from Columbia University in New York began on April 17, and protesting students demanded that the university cut ties with Israeli institutions involved in the Gaza war. Protesters in other universities have similar demands.

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