{"id":168712,"date":"2024-05-30T21:54:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T19:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=168712"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:22","slug":"protesters-allowed-to-stay-overnight-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2024\/05\/30\/protesters-allowed-to-stay-overnight-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters allowed to stay overnight on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018As long as they are peaceful\u2019 the protesting students and staff, who set up their tents at the Plaza on Thursday, are allowed to stay overnight. A university spokesperson confirmed this.<\/p>\n

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Protesters have set up tents and they are going to spend the night at the campus.<\/span><\/p>

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The university has no plan to end the solidarity protest. \u201cThe demonstration is currently proceeding calmly and peacefully, we have no reason to intervene\u201d, the spokesperson said. A police helicopter did fly a circle over the campus around 9.30pm.<\/p>\n

Setting up tents<\/h2>

Currently, over forty people are on the Plaza. They have set up nine tents and are chanting slogans. Some protesters have painted texts on walls, a stairwell and the large screen in the Plaza.<\/p>\n

According to a spokesperson for the protest, the activists didn\u2019t know yet they were allowed to stay overnight. But they confirm to spend the night on campus.<\/p>\n

Protest from Thursday afternoon<\/h2>

The pro-Palestine protest started on Thursday afternoon. The protesters demand that the Executive Board clarify all contacts and collaborations with Israeli institutions and sever ties with them.<\/p>\n\n\t

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