This Friday the police evicted a group of pro-Palestinian students who had locked themselves in last night in one of the buildings of the Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) in Paris and in another in Lyon.
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Several dozen riot police, although without putting on protective equipment, entered the well-known building in the Latin quarter of Paris where the students were to proceed with the eviction, which took place without incident.
In addition to the “peaceful sit-in” that began last night, six students had gone on hunger strike.
Students from several universities in support of the Palestinian people in Paris.
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Israeli universities.
Upon learning of the occupation, the management of Sciences Po Paris, one of the most prestigious university centers in France, sent a message to its workers announcing the closure of several of its buildings on the central Saint Guillaume street and asking them to they did telework.
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Several student organizations have called for a protest rally this afternoon in front of the Pantheon in Paris, located next to the Sorbonne, the most famous university in the French capital.
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The police also peacefully ended the occupation of the Sciences Po amphitheater in Lyon (east) late this morning, where since last night there were approximately a hundred young people.
Riot police at a rally of university students in France.
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He added that police have been asked to maintain a presence around Sciences Po to prevent any further blockade of the building.
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The president of the parliamentary group of the leftist party France Insoumise (LFI), Mathilde Panot, accompanied by the Franco-Palestinian lawyer Rima Hassan, the party’s candidate for the next European elections, had visited the Lyon bull run last night.
After an electoral rally in nearby Vénissieux, both went to the university center to express their support for the occupiers. “Glory to the youth of our country who defend our common humanity,” Panot noted in X.
In parallel, The occupation of the Lille School of Journalism (north) continues for the second consecutive day, city ​​where the Sciences Po campus is also closed, while a demonstration was scheduled this Friday on the campus of the University of Grenoble (southeast).
The Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) in Paris has been the main focus of the protests.
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Sciences Po, along with other university centers in France, some of them emblematic, such as the Sorbonne, has been one of the centers of the mobilizations and blockades of university students who They denounce “a Palestinian genocide” committed by Israel.
Inspired by the mobilizations of American universities, Many of these protests have led to interventions by riot police, which have so far developed peacefully.
EFE
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