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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adeshola Ore and Caitlin Cassidy

Pro-Palestine protesters vow to rally as La Trobe joins universities enforcing encampment ban

Pro-Palestine encampment at Deakin University’s Burwood campus in Melbourne on Tuesday.
Pro-Palestine encampment at Deakin University’s Burwood campus in Melbourne on Tuesday before it was issued a formal directive to end. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

Pro-Palestine students and staff at La Trobe University have called the university’s directive to end their sit-in an “attack on free speech”, and vowed to rally against the encampment crackdown until management meets their demands.

La Trobe University on Friday followed Deakin University in issuing a formal directive for protesters to end their encampment on the Bundoora campus, amid a wave of student pro-Palestine sit-ins across the nation.

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