‘Sucker for a good cause’: Melbourne legal legends sign up for Palestinian student activists

‘Sucker for a good cause’: Melbourne legal legends sign up for Palestinian student activists

Two students expelled from the University of Melbourne over their pro-Palestine protests were given 30 days to appeal. Their plight has already attracted some legal heavyweights.

Over 1,000 sign open letter calling for University to drop disciplinary proceedings against student protestors

Over a hundred Oxford students, staff and local campaigners gathered at the Careers Office on Tuesday afternoon, calling on the University to drop disciplinary proceedings against thirteen student protestors arrested at a sit-in last year. An open letter making the same demand has garnered over 1,000 signatures. Protestors gathered from 12.30pm outside 56 Banbury Road, at which the first day of the students’ disciplinary hearing was underway. Th…