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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Erum Salam

US students arrested in Gaza campus protests face academic and legal woes

Silver balloons spell out Columbia at top of black iron gate, and people hold sign with red flowers that says We Will Honor All Our Martyrs.
Columbia University students return to campus for a new school year on 25 August 2024. Photograph: Caitlin Ochs/Reuters

Hundreds of US students returning to college this fall will be focused on navigating academic suspensions and criminal charges instead of choosing their classes and decorating dorm rooms, following last semester’s Gaza solidarity encampment protests that swept campuses.

More than 3,000 students were arrested when tent protests and occupations from coast to coast, at public and private universities, were broken up by police. Many still face consequences from both their universities and the legal system.

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