Pro-Palestinian protesters march across campus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) after three other protesters were arrested for blocking a parking garage in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 9, 2024
Cambridge (United States) (AFP) - Police carried out pre-dawn swoops Friday on students protesting the war in Gaza at two prestigious US universities, in the latest unrest on campuses across the country. And late Thursday, police broke up a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Calgary in western Canada using tear gas. The police action at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) near Boston in the northeast resulted in around 10 arrests, according to university president Sally Kornbluth, who said she had "no choice" but to dismantle the "high-risk flashpoint." At the University ...
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