‘Witch hunt’: two students expelled from University of Melbourne after pro-Palestine protest in academic’s office
by Caitlin Cassidy Education reporter from World news | The Guardian on (#6XPYE)
Exclusive: Two further students suspended, with the four given 20 days to lodge an appeal, after vice-chancellor accused group of improper conduct'
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The Greens deputy leader, Mehreen Faruqi, has accused the University of Melbourne of a witch hunt" after the first formal expulsion of pro-Palestine student activists since waves of campus demonstrations began in 2023.
On Monday, letters were sent from the university's vice-chancellor, Emma Johnston, to four students, informing two that they had been terminated and two that they were suspended until March next year after taking part in a pro-Palestine demonstration at an academic's office last October.
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