Australian National University students agree to move pro-Palestine encampment

STORY: Australian National University students agree to move pro-Palestine encampment SHOOTING TIME: May 28, 2024 DATELINE: May 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: POLITICS/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of pro-Palestinian encampment's new position 2. various of Kambri precinct 3. various of ANU campus STORYLINE: Student protesters at the Australian National University (ANU) have agreed to move their pro-Palestinian encampment to a nearby site in the center of the northern Canberra campus. The protesters voted on Monday night in favor of moving their encampment to a new site approximately 50 meters away. Earlier on Monday, the protesters defied an order to disband the encampment. University administrators cited safety concerns about the camp obstructing the primary emergency evacuation site for ANU facilities. Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Police visited the site on Monday evening and warned protesters that failure to leave by midday Tuesday could result in further polic

Australian National University students defy order to disband pro-Palestine encampment

STORY: Australian National University students defy order to disband pro-Palestine encampment SHOOTING TIME: May 27, 2024 DATELINE: May 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:16 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the encampment 2. various of the ANU campus STORYLINE: Student protesters have defied an order to end a pro-Palestine encampment at the Australian National University (ANU). On Monday, ANU officially ordered protesters to pack up and leave at its main campus in Canberra's northern suburbs. The university cited concerns that the camp is blocking an emergency evacuation site. Protesters voted to defy the order and formed a human barrier on Monday morning around the edge of the encampment, according to the state-owned Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Located in the center of ANU's Kambri precinct, the encampment was set up in late April as an act of protest against the university's continued ties with Israeli institutions amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.