PNN – In response to the arrest of pro-Palestinian students in American universities, the deputy spokesperson of the United Nations said: We have always declared that we support freedom of speech and holding peaceful protests.
According to Pakistan News Network’s report from the United Nations, Farhan Haq, the Deputy Spokesperson of the United Nations, in response to a journalist’s question regarding the arrest of supporters of Palestine in American universities and also the concern of Jewish students studying in these universities, said: “We have always declared that we support freedom of expression and peaceful protests. If these protests are accompanied by hate speech against others such as Jews, we are against it. But the fundamental right of the people to protest peacefully must be respected.”
The Deputy Spokesperson of the United Nations was asked; the United States has allocated a new military package worth 61 billion dollars to Ukraine. Does the Secretary General of the United Nations believe that these aids will help to solve the crisis in Ukraine?
Farhan Haq answered: We hope that the solution of the Ukraine issue will be achieved through negotiations. But currently the Secretary General of the United Nations believes that the conditions are not ready for negotiations.
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Netanyahu’s fear of Palestine supporter demonstrations in American universities
At the same time that 200 days have passed since Israel’s war in Gaza and the continuation of this regime’s unpunished crimes against the innocent Palestinian people with the support of the financial, military and political support of the Joe Biden government, American universities are the scene of student repression by the police.
Protests in American universities to end Israel’s war in Gaza and send weapons to this regime continue despite police repression, and Columbia University, the center of the “Solidarity Movement with Gaza” in recent days, has asked students to end this round of rallies.
New York police announced on Tuesday local time that 133 arrested New York University students have been released after a court summons was issued for them. Meanwhile, protests have risen in Yale, Columbia and other American universities.
The spokesperson of New York University, in justifying the behavior of the officials of this university to coordinate with the police in order to suppress pro-Palestinian students, claimed that this is why they decided to call the police because other protesters who did not belong to this university, suddenly entered through the barriers surrounding the sit-in.
According to the announcement of the Palestinian Ministry of Health, since October 7, 2023, at the same time as the Al-Aqsa storm operation began, 34,183 Palestinians have been martyred in Gaza and 77,143 others have been injured.