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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Namita Singh

Prosecutors drop charges against Columbia students arrested at pro-Palestinian protests

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Prosecutors dropped all criminal charges against dozens of pro-Palestinian student protesters arrested in April after occupying and barricading a building at Columbia University in New York City, a Manhattan court was informed on Thursday.

Hundreds of students seized Hamilton Hall, an academic building that is home to the school’s undergraduate Columbia College and the Dean’s office, on 30 April protesting Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza.

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