Cuyler Dunn/Lawrence Times
Two KU students and the campus group Students for Justice in Palestine have filed a lawsuit against university administrators, alleging the students were unfairly targeted and punished for participating in peaceful pro-Palestine protests last spring.
Maya Hodison/Lawrence Times
Criminal trespassing charges have been dismissed for three KU students who were arrested in May while protesting with KU Students for Justice in Palestine.
Maya Hodison/Lawrence Times
The University of Kansas has yet to comment on its authorization to have three student protesters arrested inside an open campus library last week.
”Seeing (the First Amendment) trampled on my alma mater’s campus left me so disillusioned, so worried. Who are we? Who are we becoming?” Umut Bayramoglu writes in this column.
”We ask you to formally address your actions and reasoning for both events and refuse to answer any future mutual aid calls from KU police for any action of peaceful protest on the KU campus,” Sanctuary Alliance – Lawrence, KS writes to Lawrence police.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Law enforcement threatened to arrest protesters after a group of about 100 gathered on KU’s campus in solidarity with Palestine Thursday night, continuing calls for the university to divest from Israel. It appeared three protesters were arrested.
”Kobach, … protests such as these (including their counterprotests/students showing displays of opposition) are evidence that the educational mission of KU is vibrant,” Philip T. Duncan writes in this letter.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
More than two dozen Jewish KU students, faculty, staff and community members gathered Friday evening for a special Shabbat service with a message: Not all Jewish people are Zionists.
Cuyler Dunn/Lawrence Times
KU students took the second day of their pro-Palestine protest to the front door of Chancellor Douglas Girod’s office. Lawrence High School students also walked out to join the movement.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
More than 100 pro-Palestine protesters gathered outside Fraser Hall for 17-plus hours Wednesday, calling on KU to disclose and divest any financial connections with Israel amid monthslong violence in Gaza that has killed tens of thousands of people.
