Students at Johns Hopkins University are joining their peers at colleges nationwide who are calling on school leaders to divest from companies with Israeli ties — and support Palestinian liberation.
Hundreds of protesters gathered on Hopkins’ main lawn and marched through central campus on Wednesday evening, chanting “free, free Palestine” and “Hopkins, Hopkins, you can’t hide; you’re supporting genocide.” Baltimore police officers and Hopkins security officials lined their path, watching over the field.
Students at major colleges and universities — like Yale, Columbia University and Vanderbilt — have been protesting for weeks, often setting up encampments on campus. Hundreds nationwide have been arrested by local police.
Fatima, a Muslim student at Hopkins using a pseudonym for safety, said university administrators sent an email reminding students that encampments are against school policy. She said officials sent the email “out of fear.”
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