Three of the students who received a suspension notice were part of a negotiating team that has been meeting with administration on demands.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators set up an encampment at UC Irvine on Monday, April 29, 2024. The gathering was peaceful. According to one of the suspension letters independently obtained by The Orange County Register, the students have been barred from being “physically or virtually present on campus,” including in “any and all university housing facilities.” The notices were sent out early Wednesday, May 8.
“Until the charges against students are dropped and amnesty is promised,” the students’ statement said, “we will not return to the bargaining table. Until then, we vow to continue our efforts to expose and oppose UCI’s ongoing financial support for the brutal occupation and genocide of Palestinians.”
“The university’s retaliation against student leaders who represent some of the most marginalized and underserved communities on campus is an attack on the democratic principles that the University of California was founded upon,” Aguilar said. “We call on all faculty to condemn these attempts to stifle students’ constitutional rights of freedom of speech and freedom of assembly.
The UCI encampment, located in the Physical Sciences Quad on campus, was formed April 29 and has remained peaceful. Encampments and protests have happened at college campuses across the nation. Two high-profile encampments at
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