Just a few steps away from Centennial Common, where pro-Palestine protesters set up an encampment for nearly 48 hours in April, sits the John D. O’Bryant African American Institute. Affectionately called “The ‘Tute” by many students, the building is home to Northeastern’s...
Table of Contents
I: Introduction
II: Who was arrested at the Northeastern encampment?
III: Legal observers, press ordered to leave the Common before arrests
IV: Protesters zip tied, taken into Shillman Hall for processing
V: Arrestees say Northeastern...
To President Joseph E. Aoun, Senior Vice President Mike Armini, Chancellor Ken Henderson, Provost David Madigan, Senior Vice Chancellor Madeleine Estabrook and the Northeastern University community:
We, Northeastern Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine, write to condemn...
On the morning of April 25, about 30 student protesters set up on tarps in Centennial Common, linked arms and began chanting pro-Palestinian slogans. What started as a small group of demonstrators quickly escalated into a two-day-long encampment, joining similar Gaza solidarity...
A group of around 11 Northeastern students, many of whom were arrested Saturday morning at the Gaza solidarity encampment on Centennial Common, held a press conference Monday morning outside of Boston Municipal Court in Roxbury. The conference was held following the 9 a.m. arraignment...
There’s an old saying that a lie can travel around the world before the truth can get its boots on, and Northeastern students witnessed this phenomenon in action April 27 at 8:47 a.m.
After pro-Palestinian students established an encampment on Centennial Common the morning...
In a statement emailed to The News April 30, Northeastern’s Jewish Affinity Group for Faculty and Staff, or JAG, said it is “grateful to the Northeastern University leadership and Police Department for bringing last week’s protest encampment to a swift resolution.”
The...
A coalition of over 100 student organizations at Northeastern has signed on to a statement addressed to campus administration condemning the university’s response to the pro-Palestine encampment erected on Centennial Common April 25.
“We represent a coalition of student...
In a joint statement sent to the Northeastern community Monday, Provost David Madigan and Chancellor Ken Henderson addressed the circumstances that led to the university’s decision to dismantle the pro-Palestine encampment on Centennial Common that began Thursday morning.
The...
Footage taken late Friday night of a tense confrontation between pro-Palestine demonstrators and pro-Israel counter-protesters at the encampment revealed it was a pro-Israel student demonstrator who said “Kill the Jews,” asking the pro-Palestine demonstrators “anybody...
Readers,
At 6:26 a.m. Saturday, when police began removing items from the "Gaza solidarity encampment" on Centennial Common, The News published a statement from Northeastern Vice President for Communications Renata Nyul. Throughout early Saturday morning, dozens of police...
Editor's Note: This live feed received its last update Monday, April 29 at 1:30 p.m. All further coverage on the encampment will be reported in separate stories.
The encampment that formed on Centennial Common Thursday was cleared out by police Saturday morning, marking...
