After the University of Birmingham withdraws allegations against students Mariyah Ali and Antonio Listrat, who were subjected to disciplinary proceedings for protesting the university’s alleged complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the ELSC accuses university authorities of deploying frameworks rooted in Islamophobic and racialised stereotypes, unfairly portraying Palestine solidarity as ‘intimidating’ dissent.

After the University of Birmingham withdraws allegations against students Mariyah Ali and Antonio Listrat, who were subjected to disciplinary proceedings for protesting the university’s alleged complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the ELSC accuses university authorities of deploying frameworks rooted in Islamophobic and racialised stereotypes, unfairly portraying Palestine solidarity as ‘intimidating’ dissent.