Contact details for the occupation
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Contact the occupiers:
Juliette Harkin +44 (0) 774081-8376
juliette.harkin@sant.ox.ac.uk
Omar Al Shehabi +44 (0) 796657-0155
omar.alshehabi@pmb.ox.ac.uk
Contact details for the university
Occupation
Started - 22nd Janaury 2009
Ended - 23rd Janaury 2009
Where - The Bodleian building
Why - In solidarity with the people of Gaza
Demands
Their demands:
1) Statement
Oxford University should release a statement in support of the right of Palestinians to education and its support to the Palestinian Academic community. The University should condemn in particular the attack on the Islamic University in Gaza.
2) Divestment
Oxford University currently holds investments in BAE Systems, a firm that the Campaign Against the Arms Trade (caat.org.uk) states provides weapons and ammunition for the Israeli military. This means that our university is being directly funded by the Israeli war on Gaza. Oxford University must divest from BAE and other companies which supply arms to Israel.
3) 5 fully paid scholarships for Palestinian students.
Particularly after the attack on Gaza and the ongoing hardships suffered by Palestinians, Oxford University should offer 5 fully-funded scholarships to Palestinian students as a way to contribute to greater access to education for those affected by the conflict.
4) A cancellation lecture series inaugurated by Shimon Peres
The group demands that the Master of Balliol College cancel the lecture series that was inaugurated by the Israeli President Shimon Peres. It is not appropriate to have such a lecture series in light of the attack on Gaza and the ongoing siege.
5) Resources for Education.
The Oxford University should donate resources to, and support, the University and educational infrastructure that have been bombed in Gaza.
6) Right to Peaceful Protest
Oxford University has a proud history of student activism. Students united to campaign against apartheid, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. All students have a democratic right to peaceful protest and students should not be prevented from expressing their opinions by fear of reprisals.
Negotiation
22nd January 2009
80 Oxford University students occupy the Bodleian building
Support
Messages of support they have received.
