Live Palestina-demonstraties | Alle betogers uit UvA-pand, politie grijpt ook in op Rokin
- Politie heeft alle bezetters van Binnengasthuisterrein van UvA gehaald
- Demonstranten verzamelen zich op Rokin
- In Utrecht wordt de Universiteitsbibliotheek door demonstranten bezet
Liveblog
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Amsterdam | Many demonstrators refuse to walk off the site themselves.
Wednesday May 8 at 8:26 PM
Amsterdam | Police remove the last demonstrators from the site
The last demonstrators leave the Binnengasthuis grounds accompanied by the police. On images of AT5 it can be seen that the demonstrators are then free to leave.
Wednesday May 8 at 8:22 PM
Human rights organization Amnesty International is present with several observers at the evacuation of the Binnengasthuis site. A spokesperson said that the police had given them sufficient space to do their work. The observers collect information and images of the evacuation. They also answer some questions from demonstrators.
According to the spokesperson, it is too early to make any further statements about how the police will clear the site. “We collect information so that we have facts at our disposal to enter into discussions with the local authority,” says the spokesperson.
Wednesday May 8 at 8:18 PM
Meanwhile, a local resident climbs onto the barricades and shouts in frustration at the demonstrators who are surrounded. “Do you think that’s normal?” the man shouts. He points to the barricades and rubble. “How much do you think all this costs?”
The man concludes with a curse on the demonstrators. In response, they use some slogans and shout: “We are people, what are you?”
Wednesday May 8 at 8:12 PM
The police are now escorting the occupiers off the site in groups. It’s in the images of AT5 I can’t see where they will be taken, but there are probably buses waiting. Most occupiers participate themselves.
A few refuse to move and are lifted and dragged by the officers. A small group then clings to each other and remains rigid.
Wednesday May 8 at 8:02 PM
Amsterdam | An image from earlier in the evening, when the shovel cleared the barricade. Some of the rubble was pushed into the canal.
Wednesday May 8 at 7:59 PM
You ask about the right to demonstrate: Who pays for the damage?
Several readers had questions after the pro-Palestinian demonstrations in recent days. Human rights lawyer Jelle Klaas answers the best questions from NU.nl readers in this article.
Wednesday May 8 at 7:50 PM
Amsterdam | Protesters are on Rokin to stop arresting buses
A group of demonstrators sat down on the Rokin. In this way they try to stop the detainee buses that drive back and forth to the occupied Binnengasthuis site. Police officers hit several demonstrators on the Rokin with batons after they had asked them several times to leave the Rokin.
Wednesday May 8 at 7:40 PM
Amsterdam | Entrances to the site are still blocked from several sides.
Wednesday May 8 at 7:37 PM
Some images show (slightly) injured demonstrators. For example, they have a nosebleed. It is not yet clear how many activists have been injured.
Ambulances are present during the evacuation. Two activists were examined by ambulance personnel. According to AT5 it was because they became unwell. It wasn’t so serious that they had to be taken away. Furthermore, the ambulance personnel were not examined.
Wednesday May 8 at 7:33 PM
Amsterdam | Items left behind by the demonstrators in a UvA club building on the Binnengasthuis grounds.
Wednesday May 8 at 7:29 PM
The Amsterdam Academic Club on the Binnengasthuis grounds has been left defaced and soiled by the activist group. There are piles of food and water bottles, sanitary towels and other hygienic products and face masks. Mattresses and sleeping bags were also left behind.
The walls of the room are defaced with texts such as ‘Free Palestine’ and ‘Ceasefire now’. A lawyer’s number is also chalked on the walls. There are also cardboard signs with a map of the Binnengasthuis grounds and the barricades and a grid. A cardboard sign has been hung in the toilet with ‘Please do not pee standing up’.
Wednesday May 8 at 7:18 PM
Utrecht | Students very shocked
Students are “severely shocked” by the protest in the Utrecht university building on the Drift, it reports A.D. According to the newspaper, some students who had classes in the building left the building crying. The students were allegedly attacked by the occupation.
Wednesday May 8 at 7:11 PM
0:48 At the start of the eviction, demonstrators sprayed the police with fire-fighting foam
Wednesday May 8 at 7:08 PM
Utrecht | A group of students occupy the University Library.
Wednesday May 8 at 7:06 PM
Amsterdam | The police surround groups of demonstrators in various places on the Binnengasthuis grounds.
Wednesday May 8 at 6:56 PM
Amsterdam | The police respond to X about the eviction
Wednesday May 8 at 6:46 PM
Amsterdam | Police speed up efforts to push back spectators
According to the riot police, the spectators are moving back too slowly. They push a little harder against the group with their shields. The riot police sometimes hit demonstrators who push back with a baton.
Wednesday May 8 at 6:44 PM
Protesters occupy Utrecht University Library
About a hundred demonstrators entered the University Library in Utrecht. They shout slogans and hang flags on the facade of the building.
Wednesday May 8 at 6:40 PM
The group of spectators on the other side of the canal
Wednesday May 8 at 6:37 PM
Police drive spectators further away
From across the canal, spectators have been shouting slogans since the beginning of the eviction to express their support for the occupiers.
The police are now pushing this group of spectators further back.
Wednesday May 8 at 6:32 PM
Protesters are trapped in a corner, between a gate and the officers.
Wednesday May 8 at 6:27 PM
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators have also gathered in Utrecht. They first stood on Domplein, where the Academy Building of Utrecht University is located. Now these demonstrators are walking towards the University Library on the Drift.
Last night, students occupied the library courtyard with a tent camp. The police cleared that occupation during the night.
Wednesday May 8 at 6:12 PM
At least two demonstrators taken away injured
On live images from AT5 you can see several demonstrators being taken away with injuries. According to Het Parool at least two people are injured.
Wednesday May 8 at 6:05 PM
Officers arrest demonstrators
Wednesday May 8 at 6:03 PM
Protesters try to block narrow gate
Demonstrators have been standing in front of a narrow gate for several minutes now to prevent the police from entering the grounds. The riot police stood opposite the group for a while and talked to the demonstrators. Now they are trying to clear the gate and arrest some protesters.
Wednesday May 8 at 6:00 PM
Officers remove parts of the barricades
Wednesday May 8 at 5:53 PM
The riot police have broken through the barricades. Little by little they are clearing the university grounds.
Wednesday May 8 at 5:49 PM
Police have taken away the first demonstrators
The police arrest the first demonstrators, reports Het Parool. The riot police led the detainees away amid loud booing from other demonstrators.
Wednesday May 8 at 5:45 PM
The shovel clears the street
Wednesday May 8 at 5:41 PM
Police have cleared the street on both sides of a barricade. Some of the officers have climbed over the barricade and entered the Binnengasthuis grounds.
Meanwhile, the officers break down the barricade. They also use the shovel.
Wednesday May 8 at 5:40 PM
Protesters are not just students demonstrating
The triangle (police, Public Prosecution Service and mayor) has indications that not only demonstrating students are occupying the university grounds. According to the police, there are also people who are not affiliated with the university and deliberately want to confront the police.
Wednesday May 8 at 5:36 PM
UvA has reported a breach of the peace
The police took action after the UvA reported trespassing, vandalism and coercion. The police announced this in a press release.
Wednesday May 8 at 5:33 PM
Protesters try to keep the police at bay with fire extinguishers
Wednesday May 8 at 5:30 PM
Protesters spray fire extinguishers at officers
Protesters standing on the barricades spray fire extinguishers at riot police.
Wednesday May 8 at 5:27 PM
ME officers have lined up. Some of the demonstrators are marching towards the officers, reports say Het Parool. Demonstrators and riot police also punched each other a few times.
“Shame on you“, the demonstrators shout at the police.
Wednesday May 8 at 5:24 PM
“This demonstration has been lifted,” the police shout from a van. “Anyone who stays will be arrested.”
The police also report that force may be used, such as a baton or pepper spray.
Wednesday May 8 at 5:17 PM
Police call on occupiers to leave the site
The police have called on the occupiers to leave the UvA grounds, a reporter reports ANP.
Wednesday May 8 at 5:00 PM
One of the shovels ready at the UvA campus.
Wednesday May 8 at 4:59 PM
Shovel and riot police are ready near occupied UvA grounds
About twenty police and mobile unit vans are stationed near the barricade. There is also a shovel ready that is driven by a police officer, a reporter from the news agency sees ANP. A police spokesperson says that the triangle has not yet given an evacuation order.
Wednesday May 8 at 4:58 PM
The barricade is being raised further. Campaigners strengthen the blockade with paving stones and top it up with items such as furniture, bicycles, planks and crush barriers.
Wednesday May 8 at 4:56 PM
Hundreds of people occupy UvA grounds
There are hundreds of people present on the Binnengasthuis grounds in Amsterdam. Many people demonstrate outside the barricade that demonstrators have set up. The demonstrators hold up scarves and umbrellas so that the media present cannot take images. There are also people standing on the roof and shouting pro-Palestinian slogans.
Wednesday May 8 at 4:54 PM
UvA board in conversation with activists
The consultation between the board of the University of Amsterdam and the pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupying the Binnengasthuis site has not yet resulted in any concrete agreements this afternoon. The discussions continued at 4 p.m.
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