Protests at Maastricht University - Update 1
Today protest rallies were held throughout the Netherlands against the ongoing war in Gaza, including by students and staff at Maastricht University. Obviously, the right to protest applies at our university. The position of the UM Executive Board is that we allow peaceful gatherings so long as there is no anti-Semitism, discrimination against Muslims or other forms of discrimination. Calls for hatred or violence are also not tolerated.
Generally, such protests and gatherings at UM proceed without incident. This is also true of today's walk-out and subsequent setting up of a “tent camp” in an enclosed area behind the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS).
Staying in dialogue with each other and preventing escalation is of utmost importance to both the Executive Board and FASoS. For that reason, Executive Board chair Rianne Letschert and representatives of the academic staff of FASoS are now in talks with a delegation of the activists. As soon as there is news to report, we will do so.
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