Stanford Newspaper Reporter Arrested While Covering Demonstration Against Israel's War On Gaza

Stanford University's Main Quad, where the president's office is located (Credit: Wally Gobetz)

A reporter for Stanford University’s student newspaper The Daily was arrested and “falsely imprisoned on $20,000 bail” in violation of their rights, according to the publication. 

On June 5, several Stanford students engaged in an act of civil disobedience and occupied President Richard Saller’s office at 5:30 a.m. Students demanded that the university divest from any companies “that provide material and logistical support to Israel’s current military campaign” in Gaza. 

Students also called on university administrators to drop the charges against those who had engaged in activism against the Israeli government’s war on Gaza. They refused to leave until their demands were met. 

As The Daily reported, police responded a couple of hours later. Twelve students were arrested, along with one of the newspaper’s reporters, who had a press pass and wore “Stanford Daily attire.” They were taken to Santa Clara County Jail.

Stanford administrators quickly announced that all the students arrested were suspended, and if any of the students were seniors, they would be denied graduation. The university shut down all peaceful encampments on campus (including a pro-Israel vigil)—effectively retaliating against the entire student body by curtailing their freedom of assembly.

Read the full article at The Dissenter.