The Paris police headquarters banned a demonstration planned for Thursday evening in front of Sciences Po Paris, in support of students who had organized a pro-Palestinian mobilization in an amphitheater of the school.
“The police chief made the decision to ban this gathering in a context of high tensions
,” the police headquarters announced to AFP.
The Urgence Palestine collective, bringing together associations and unions and at the origin of regular demonstrations of support for the population of Gaza, called for a
“rally”
Thursday evening in front of Sciences Po Paris, affirming on the social
network denouncing the genocide is not a crime
.
Anti-Zionist remarks
The prestigious Parisian establishment has been plunged into turmoil since Tuesday after a student member of the Union of Jewish Students of France (UEJF) reported being refused entry into an amphitheater, on the occasion of a
“day of European university mobilization for Palestine”
which blocked the holding of a lecture course.
According to Sciences Po management, this student was
“prevented from accessing the amphitheater”
where the action took place.
“Accusatory remarks were made (from the platform, Editor's note) against”
the student association, added the establishment on which led the government to contact the prosecutor on Wednesday.
These accusations were refuted by the Palestine committee at Sciences Po.