Manchester University staff sign letter in support of Whitworth gallery director

Alistair Hudson was asked to leave his post over a row regarding a statement in support of Palestine

More than 100 members of staff at the University of Manchester have signed a letter opposing an attempt to force out the director of the Whitworth Art Gallery (WAG), calling it a grave violation of academic and artistic freedom of expression".

The Guardian reported last week that Alistair Hudson was asked to leave his post by the university over a row regarding a statement of solidarity with Palestine's liberation struggle", which was removed from an exhibition of works by the human rights investigations agency Forensic Architecture.