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Students occupying Columbia building face expulsion, university says - BBC News Students occupying Columbia building face expulsion, university says - BBC News
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Protests at New York's Columbia University have become a focal point for the country's debate over the war in Gaza and US support for Israel. Nomia Iqbal
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia escalated overnight, after protesters broke into an academic building called Hamilton Hall - which they have renamed Hind's Hall, in memory of a young girl found dead in Gaza earlier this year. Reporting from Columbia University
Here's a look at some of the latest developments: Mahmoud Khalil, one of the student organisers at Columbia University, told us he woke up to an email saying he had been suspended from the university, despite his role in negotiations between students and Columbia officials.
The university is currently restricting campus access; it has also suspended students who didn't comply with its deadline to leave their encampment by 14:00 local time yesterday - and has warned those occupying Hamilton Hall face expulsion "I was so surprised," he said of his suspension.
Lead Columbia negotiator Mahmoud Khalil told the BBC he had complied with the university's order but had nevertheless been suspended - and is now at risk of losing his US student visa
Organisers say they have "no plans to end their protest anytime soon"
There is growing criticism from many corners, with both President Joe Biden, his predecessor Donald Trump and leaders of both parties denouncing the Hamilton Hall takeover
Elsewhere, police - mostly in riot gear - detained dozens of protesters at similar protests, including on the campuses of the University of Texas at Austin, Virginia Commonweath University and California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
A few universities facing protests have struck accords to end their encampments peacefully and without law enforcement intervention, including Brown University in Rhode Island and Northwestern University in Illinois
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