UCLA threatens to withhold degrees from pro-Palestinian student protesters

At least 55 students arrested in police raid on Gaza solidarity camp accused of flouting code of conduct and threatened with sanctions

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has threatened to discipline and withhold degrees from at least 55 students involved in pro-Palestinian demonstrations, according to faculty members supporting the students.

Students who were arrested on 2 May when police forcefully raided the Gaza solidarity encampment received letters on Friday from administrators accusing them of violating the student code of conduct and warning them of a range of potentially serious sanctions. In the letters, copies of which have been reviewed by the Guardian, assistant deans write that the students failed to respond to police's dispersal orders and engaged in disorderly behavior", disturbing the peace" and failure to comply".