UN rapporteur concerned over reports of Palestine supporters facing school suspension

A UN special rapporteur on human rights slammed reports that students at Columbia University in the US, who organized a demonstration in support of Palestine, would face "disciplinary action" if they did not end their protests.

“I'm hearing disturbing reports that students face suspension if they don’t end their peaceful protests in Columbia University in the US,” Mary Lawlor said on X late on Monday.
“This is a clear violation of their right to peaceful assembly,” she noted.
Demonstrations in support of Palestine organized by students continue in many different states and universities across the US.

Seven Palestinians were killed and at least 32 others were injured today in Israeli bombardment on the blockaded Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent.
He said that Israeli warplanes launched a series of airstrikes against the northern and western parts of Nuseirat refugee camp, killing four Palestinians and injuring 15 others.
He added that Israeli warplanes launched three airstrikes on the Gaza city neighborhood of Zaitoun, killing three and injuring 10 others.
The fighter jets also targeted the Jabalya town and refugee camp in the northern Strip, injuring seven, including three children.
Meanwhile, Israeli occupation artillery shelled the al-Bureij and al-Maghazi refugee camps in the central Strip, the neighborhoods of Tal al-Hawa, Sheikh Ijlin and az-Zaytoun in the city of Gaza, as well as vicinity of Sheikh Zayed towers in Beit Lahia.
In the southern Strip, the artillery targeted civilian houses in the eastern area of the city of Khan Younes.
This came as search and rescue teams recovered six decomposed bodies from al-Amal neighborhood, west of Khan Younes, as search operations are still underway to recover other bodies from under the rubble.
The search and rescue teams managed to recover 24 bodies, including those of a child and women, up this morning following Israeli airstrikes on houses across the city of Rafah in the southern Strip.
Currently on trial before the International Court of Justice for genocide against Palestinians, Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, killing at least 34,488 Palestinians and injuring over 77,643 others.
Moreover, at least 7,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.
Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.
The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.