Second Australian University Orders Shutdown of Gaza University Camps

Pro-Palestine students at universities across Australia have created more than a dozen encampments in total and say they have no plans to move.

Student activists have put up tents to set up a protest camp site for Palestine at the University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia on May 3, 2024. Ayush Kumar/AFP via Getty Images

A second major university has moved to shut down a pro-Palestine encampment as another threatens police action against protesters staging a sit-in on campus.

Australian National University in Canberra told students to prepare to vacate the camp after it met organisers on May 15.