The occupation of the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Lisbon, as part of a protest demanding “an end to the genocide” and “an end to fossil fuels” of the Palestinian people, ended with public entry on Thursday night. Security police and detention of eight students.
The students arrived at the college around 10pm after the administration of the University of Lisbon, the Faculty of Psychology and the Institute of Education, intervened and asked them to remove it.
For more than an hour, dozens of people demonstrated peacefully outside the college, while holding banners reading “End to fossilization, end to genocide” and “From Lisbon to Rafah, Palestine wins”.
As the detained students were removed from the building, “people thronged the side gates of the college to block the police vans from leaving and to support the detained students. “The police batoned, pushed and dragged the protestors,” the protest organization condemned.
The students, who have been camping in the Faculty of Psychology since Tuesday, May 7, met the same institution’s management on the first day of the protest and got an assurance that they can stay overnight in the building as long as they are in education. Activities Not Disturbed – Agreement executed by students without disrupting or disrupting classes.
The Rectory of the University of Lisbon said in a statement quoted ExpressThe initially justified protest started to create worrisome situations such as “threats to security through vandalism, graffiti and breaking of locks”, in addition to “increased anxiety” among students about “interruptions of planned activities”, which however were not implemented.
“Faced with this situation, the Rector of the University of Lisbon and the Directors of the Faculty of Psychology and the Institute of Education requested the intervention of the authorities to restore the safety of materials, equipment and people in their institutions,” it says. Same statement.
Meanwhile, a vigil was called outside the college, where many decided to spend the night in the early hours of this Friday, while the eight detained youths spent the night in police facilities. The students promised to return to the college.
“As long as the genocide in Palestine and the fossil system that condemns us all continues, we will protest,” says Katerina Bayo, one of the spokespeople for the student demonstration.