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Of 36 encampments at end of May, around a dozen are still active, as protesters fight to stay

Other lives: Lecturer in the Burmese language who taught British diplomats and was involved in charity work with Aung San Suu Kyi

The occupation comes as Pro-Palestinian protests break out at universities across the UK

Following last month’s crackdowns on pro-Palestine student protests in America, a new wave of student campus occupations are springing up across the UK. We met activists at UCL, SOAS and Goldsmiths

The grass outside SOAS University of London has been dotted with a handful of tents since the start of this week, with Palestinian flags and slogans calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Some of Samaria Ayanle’s friends described the three-week gap as ‘unforgivable and unjust’

Other lives: Leading scholar of the languages of ancient Turkey

Other lives: Lecturer who helped to set up a controversial social sciences degree course at the Open University

As speculation mounts that the current four-day pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza could soon be extended, we speak to Gilbert Achcar, professor of development studies and international relations at SOAS, University of London. He says that Western leaders – and US President Joe Biden in particular…

Critics have called its use anti-Semitic amid Israel’s war on Gaza. But the slogan has more complex roots.

The row follows a pro-Palestinian rally at the university