Pro-Palestinian mobilization: dozens of demonstrators gathered at the Sorbonne before being evacuated by the police
Cairo: Hani Kamal El-Din
A few days after a tense pro-Gaza mobilization at Sciences Po Paris, the police entered the Sorbonne on Monday April 29 to evacuate pro-Palestinian activists who had set up tents inside the university buildings. “There were around fifty people when the police arrived running inside the courtyard. The evacuation was quite brutal with around ten people dragged to the ground. There was no ‘arrests’, Rémi, 20, a third-year history and geography student, who was one of the dislodged demonstrators, told AFP.
The police headquarters mentioned a “operation, which lasted only a few minutes” And “was carried out peacefully, without incident”. The Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, “requested that the Sorbonne be evacuated quickly”as “he asked for it for Sciences Po on Fridayhis entourage informed franceinfo. He is monitoring the situation closely, he is in contact with the police headquarters.”
The University of Paris 1-Panthéon Sorbonne had clarified to AFP at the start of the afternoon that the establishment would remain closed until the end of the day “by decision of the rectorate”. “The amphitheaters were evacuated around noon”, the Paris rectorate announced. Around fifty tents were able to be set up in the main courtyard and in the hall, noted the franceinfo journalist present on site.
“We are here at the call of the students [des universités américaines] from Harvard, Columbia.commented at the start of the action Lorélia Fréjo, student at Paris 1 and activist of the student organization Le Poing leva. “After the actions at Sciences Po, we are here to ensure that it continues.” The deputies La France insoumise Louis Boyard, Thomas Portes and Rodrigo Arenas were also present on site in the early afternoon.
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