Palestine

By Laura Gamba in Bogota
Published date: 16 July 2025 19:50 BST

In her closing speech, #FrancescaAlbanese, #UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied #Palestinian territory, said: "These aren't just measures but are lifelines for a people who are under relentless assault and a world that has been paralysed for too long."

"These 12 states have taken a momentous step forward," #Albanese added. "The clock is now ticking for states, from Europe to the Arab world and beyond, to join them."

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Edinburgh University responds as students stage walk out over Israel | The National (2025-07-15)

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25310336.edinburgh-university-responds-students-stage-walk-israel/
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>> Video shared on Instagram showed Thursday’s events – which were for graduates of the university’s School of Social and Political Science…

>> Graduates waved flags with slogans such as “No universities in Gaza”, “Jews say divest”, and “Fund teaching not genocide” as they took to the stage.

>> A large group of students were seen to rise, chanting, before walking out of the ceremony.

>> The Edinburgh University Justice for Palestine Society posted other clips and reported that further protests had happened during ceremonies for biomedical sciences, engineering, chemistry, physics, and English.

>> It came after a report by #FrancescaAlbanese, … named the University of Edinburgh as one of “the most financially entangled” institutions in the UK to Israel.

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