Tag: humanrights
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“We stand in firm solidarity”: Boycott Israel Fest in photos
Enclosed in a circular frame of silver fences, students and faculty stood side-by-side in Hornbake Plaza for a counter-demonstration against the annual “Israel Fest” on May 6. The protest, hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), called for the campus community to boycott the festival, referring to it as a celebration of a settler…
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Uyghur students speak out about China’s genocide, building community in US
Over hundreds of thousands of Muslims are imprisoned in China’s concentration camps, according to Amnesty International. Among them is Hadija Yahya’s uncles, whom she has never been able to contact. “We don’t have any relatives in the US,” the freshman biology major, who is of Uyghur descent, said. “My uncles are in concentration camps.” Who…
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