British universities and security networks coordinated with government officials and private intelligence, Amnesty International says
British universities worked together to suppress pro-Palestine activism on student campuses, a new report has revealed.
Amnesty International on Tuesday published its Silencing Dissent report, which found that UK universities actively worked together to stop students protesting their universities’ ties to Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
Freedom of Information (FOI) disclosures examined in the report found that universities “were not acting in isolation when responding to Palestine solidarity protest, but are operating within a network which encouraged repressive responses”.
FOI-obtained messages showed university administrators discussing disciplinary measures, including injunctions to stop protests and referring student protesters to the UK’s Prevent counterterrorism programme.
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The report notes that at least nine universities received threat briefings from private intelligence firms, including Horus Security Consultancy Ltd, Mitie Intelligence Hub and the risk specialist Global Situational Awareness (GSA).
Intelligence updates routinely classified non-violent student actions with severe threat levels.
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