Criminalising protest: Pro-Palestine students in France face increased repression

Submitted by Tassa Adidi on Wed, 05/13/2026 - 07:24 Activists are raising the alarm over a growing trend of criminalising support for Palestine on French university campuses French police take position near pro-Palestine protesters demonstrating near the entrance of Sciences Po Paris occupied by students, in Paris, on 26 April 2024 (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP) Off Kylian, 22, studies law at the Sorbonne University in Paris. After the start of the Israeli massacres in Gaza following the Hamas-led attack