Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy Amsterdam university overnight
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[May 08, 2024]
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Pro-Palestinian protesters were occupying a
University of Amsterdam (UvA) site on Wednesday, a day after police
clashed with protesters in the Dutch capital and broke up an earlier
encampment at the university.
Police said the UvA had not asked them to stop the protest, contrary to
early on Tuesday when riot police used a bulldozer to knock down
barricades at UvA and detained 169 people at a different campus. |
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Students and employees of the University of Amsterdam take part in a
march against the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian
Islamist group Hamas in Gaza and the University leadership after police
broke up a student protest camp overnight, in Amsterdam, Netherlands,
May 7, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw |
UvA said in a statement just after midnight that it would like
to find a solution with the students who have been protesting
since Monday, adding that it has "caused considerable damage" to
its buildings.
The university will keep several locations closed on Wednesday
due to the blockades. Students have protested against academic
ties with Israel and condemned the university's response. UvA
has accused some protesters of intimidating behaviour, and video
captured violent clashes between pro- and anti-Palestinian
protesters.
At the University of Utrecht, some 40 km (25 miles) south of
Amsterdam, local police ended a pro-Palestinian demonstration at
the University library, the police said in a statement.
(Reporting by Anthony Deutsch, Charlotte Van Campenhout; Editing
by Michael Perry and Philippa Fletcher)
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