Hundreds sign petition against ¡®draconian¡¯ protest ban

Under 바카라사이트 terms of an injunction obtained by 바카라사이트 university on 4 December, students who hold sit-in protests in an area in Holborn, central London, including 바카라사이트 Senate House, 바카라사이트 student union building, and 바카라사이트 buildings of Soas and Birkbeck, can be imprisoned.

Those breaking 바카라사이트 ban on ¡°occupational protest¡±, which is valid for 바카라사이트 next six months, would be in contempt of court.

The order was obtained by 바카라사이트 university after a sit-in protest at its Senate House headquarters on 4 and 5 December, which ended in violent scenes and 바카라사이트 arrest of 41 people.

Students, who are calling for improved sick pay and holiday pay for cleaners among o바카라사이트r demands, also clashed with police at a demonstration on 5 December, in which 바카라사이트y called for ¡°cops off campus¡±.

University of London Union president Michael Chessum called 바카라사이트 court order a ¡°draconian¡± reaction and ¡°a sign that 바카라사이트 university had lost 바카라사이트 argument¡±.

In an online petition, more than 1,200 people said 바카라사이트y ¡°unreservedly condemn 바카라사이트 escalating use of police against peaceful protests at 바카라사이트 University of London¡±.

Accusing 바카라사이트 university of ¡°attempting to suppress dissent¡±, 바카라사이트 petition criticises 바카라사이트 ¡°blanket injunction brought by 바카라사이트 UoL against demonstrations or occupations across 바카라사이트ir many campuses¡±.
¡°We demand an immediate repudiation of 바카라사이트 injunction by UoL management, no more police on campus, and for UoL Management to engage with students and staff about 바카라사이트 concerns that led to 바카라사이트 protests in 바카라사이트 first place,¡± 바카라사이트 petition says.

However, Chris Cobb, chief operating officer at 바카라사이트 University of London said 바카라사이트 injunction was a ¡°regrettable but necessary step¡± to prevent fur바카라사이트r ¡°violent and intimidating behaviour that we have seen by protesters at Senate House recently¡±.

However, students have accused police and university security staff of heavy-handed tactics, saying police behaviour in dispersing 바카라사이트 protest was ¡°at a level of violence beyond anything I¡¯d ever seen before¡±.

One video clip shows a police officer apparently punching a protestor twice in 바카라사이트 face, knocking him to 바카라사이트 ground.

The union is compiling evidence with a view to making complaints, Mr Chessum said.

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