The spread of “American university intifada” to other countries/repression continues.
According to al-Mayadeen, while the demonstrations and sit-ins of supporters of Palestine and Gaza in American universities and the suppression and arrest of protesting students by the police and security forces continued, the security officers of the University College Dublin, Ireland, removed the president of the student union of this university from the award ceremony. Honorable Nancy Pelosi, the former Speaker of the US House of Representatives, was forced out.
As Pelosi was speaking at a ceremony at University College Dublin to receive an honorary doctorate and award, “Martha ni Riada” stood up and shouted, “Pelosi is a Zionist and a war criminal.”
The president of the student union of University College Dublin said in an interview with the Irish newspaper “Daily Mirror”: I stood up and said that Pelosi is a Zionist and a war criminal and there were other things that I wanted to say as a student representative. We condemn this honorary degree, because it does not represent the wishes of the students, and celebrations should not be held in this way.
Marta ni Riada added that she already knew that she would be asked to leave after her comments, but she did not expect that the security forces would take her out of the hall in handcuffs, as they usually ask a person: On or not? Then, if he refused to leave, the security forces would drag him out, but they did not do this with him.
While the ceremony was held inside the hall, Ni Riada confirmed that more than 150 students stood outside the hall in protest of Pelosi and the Israeli regime and chanted the slogan to end the genocide in the Gaza Strip.
Also, French police forces suppressed the march of Sorbonne University students in support of Gaza.