{"id":147543,"date":"2022-12-02T14:27:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T13:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=147543"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:33","slug":"executive-board-expresses-regret-for-police-intervention-occupation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/12\/02\/executive-board-expresses-regret-for-police-intervention-occupation\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive Board expresses regret for police intervention occupation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Executive Board has apologised for the police intervention in ending the occupation of the Sanders Building last Monday. “We are sorry that it turned out this way”, the board stated on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

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Students were arrested after the protest in the Sanders building on 28 November.<\/span><\/p>

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The announcement<\/a> appeared on the EUR website and is addressed to the entire EUR community. \u201cWe acted in consultation with the police because of an external security threat, but were unable to think through sufficiently what the impact on the EUR community would be. We regret that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anger<\/h2>

The police action, which took place partly at the request<\/a> of the university administration, caused great anger, not only among the activists themselves. A group of nearly five hundred EUR academics, and some from other universities, signed an open letter<\/a> in recent days expressing their outrage at the eviction.<\/p>\n

Under the headline \u2018In defense of academic values\u2019, they expressed solidarity with the expelled students. \u201cWe are deeply concerned about the eviction of our peacefully protesting students from the Sanders building [\u2026]. This constitutes a fundamental infringement of core academic values and freedom of debate and discussion on university grounds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t

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