Dutch university attempts to ban discussion of Israel crimes

A student group at the Netherlands’ Leiden University Netherlands was barred from organising a panel discussion on Israeli crimes against Palestinians on Monday, forcing them to conduct the event off- campus. I am very sorry to hear that Leiden University’s management has cancelled a student-led event on Palestine next week. This is in clear breach of academic freedom and makes a mockery of the university’s motto “praesidium libertatis”. — Christian Henderson (@CjvHenderson) The university had initially agreed to host Students for Palestine’s ‘Apartheid, racism & intersectionality’ discussion,…

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