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Their union Prospect accuses V&A boss Tristram Hunt of refusing to negotiate
THREE students who led a week-long occupation of Birmingham University’s senate chambers are facing expulsion as disciplinary hearings against them begin today.
Hattie Craig, Simon Furse and Kelly Rogers are accused of a raft of charges, including “the unauthorised use of university property,” following their November sit-in.
The trio were among 15 students forcibly evicted from the chambers in a dawn raid by police and security guards.
Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
CLAUDIA WEBBE looks at how Britain’s Nato ally has upped the stakes in its effort to silence domestic dissenting voices