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Nittersing

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1. And just like that. The protesters are shutting down.
Sat May 18, 2024, 01:10 PM
May 2024

Demonstrators dismantle Auraria Campus encampment after 3-week protest

https://www.denver7.com/news/front-range/denver/demonstrators-dismantle-auraria-campus-encampment-after-3-week-protest

DENVER — Demonstrators on Friday night took down their tents 22 days after they established an encampment on the Auraria Campus to protest Israel's military action in Gaza.

Khalid Hamu, an organizer of the encampment, told Denver7 they have broken down the main camp and spread out into smaller sections around the campus. Demonstrators plan on disbanding all camps by tomorrow, according to Hamu.

Hamu called the protest a success and said this is not an end to their movement.

Protests at the campus began as an encampment on Tivoli Quad on April 25. Demonstrators with the group Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) gathered to demand that CU cut ties with Israel and fully disclose its financial investments amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. SDS later included MSU Denver in its demands.

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