Article 6ZK5F Microsoftlocks down a building after protesters get inside president’s office

Microsoftlocks down a building after protesters get inside president’s office

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Tom Warren
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redmondpolice.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0,0,100,100Redmond police outside Microsoft's building 34 | Image: No Azure for Apartheid

Microsoft has temporarily locked down a building at its headquarters after protesters managed to get inside the office of the company's president. Current and former Microsoft workers held a sit-in protest inside Brad Smith's office in Building 34, demanding that the company cut ties with the Israeli government.

The protesters live streamed themselves on Twitch entering Building 34, a building that houses Microsoft executives, and heading to Smith's office, before unfurling banners during the sit-in protest. "Brad Smith you can't hide, you're supporting genocide!" shouted some of the protesters inside Smith's office. Noisemakers were also b ...

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