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Four weeks of Melbourne University’s Gaza encampment and sit-in: In pictures

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As pro-Palestine student protesters at the University of Melbourne pack up their tents and empty out the Arts West building, we take a look back at the key stages of the protest.

The University of Melbourne student encampment began in late April. Student protesters vowed to stay until the university cut ties with weapons manufacturers and condemned Israel’s war in Gaza. This is what the camp looked like on April 30.Pro-Palestinian protestor Nabil Hassine, 22, inside his tent on the south lawn at the University of Melbourne on April 30.

A police officer peers through the glass doors of the Arts West building on the morning of May 15. Victoria Police said it would not attempt to clear the protesters unless the university made a formal report of trespassing.The protesters vowed to dig in and risk arrest, defying a warning from campus authorities that police would be called in if they did not leave.

 

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