Gaza Protesters Barricade Themselves Inside Stanford President’s Office

Pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the office of Stanford University’s president on Wednesday morning, saying they wouldn’t leave until certain demands are met relating to what they say is the school’s complicity in genocide in Gaza.

A group made up of Stanford students and alumni released a statement saying they had entered Stanford president Richard Saller’s office at around 6 a.m. and barricaded themselves inside. They said the action came as a “direct consequence” of school administrators “refusing to engage” with peaceful protesters’ demands.

“We refuse to leave until Stanford Administration and the Stanford Board of Trustees meet our demands and take action to address their role in enabling and profiting from the ongoing genocide in Gaza,” the group, Liberate Stanford, wrote in an Instagram post.

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