Protect Free Speech, defend students’ right to protest!
SOLIDARITY PROTEST tomorrow Tuesday 26.08.2025 from 08:00-08:30 AM outside the Bezirksgericht Zurich, Wengistrasse 28, 8004
In May 2024, students protested against the genocide in Palestine by staging 2 sit-ins in the main hallway of ETH. They were forcibly removed by police as ETH refused to engage with them and disclose its collaborations with Israeli institutions taking part in war crimes. Instead, ETH pressed criminal charges against the 37 peaceful protesters for trespassing.
The Zurich prosecutors sentenced the students with fines and a criminal record: we have rejected these charges through appeals and have our first trial audition at the courthouse.
We demand the acquittal of all the protesters and denounce the repression by ETH and the criminal authorities as flagrant violations of our constitutional rights to free speech and assembly. The exercise of these fundamental human rights must be guaranteed at universities.
Support us in our combat for justice and the respect of human rights and international law by coming by, informing yourself about the cases and donating towards our legal costs HERE.
Join us on outside the courthouse to show your support before we start our trial at 08:30 AM - Palestine flags and banners / signs welcome.
Gegen die Kriminalisierung von Studentenproteste, zum Schutze der Meinungsäusserungsfreiheit!
SOLIDARITÄTSKUNDGEBUNG MORGEN DIENSTAG 26.08.2025 von 08:00-08:30 vor dem Bezirksgericht Zürich, Wengistrasse 28, 8004
Im Mai 2024 protestierten Studenten gegen den Genozid in Palästina durch 2 Sitzstreiks in der Haupthalle der ETH und wurden durch Polizeigewalt entfernt. Die ETH Leitung weigerte den geforderten Dialog zur Zusammenarbeit mit israelischen Institutionen, die sich an Kriegsverbrechen beteiligen, und erstattete Strafanzeige wegen Hausfriedensbruch gegen die 37 friedlich Protestierenden.
Die Staatsanwaltschaft Zürich verurteilte die Studenten mit Busse und Strafregistereintrag: dagegen haben sie Einsprache erhoben und gelangen nun zum Bezirksgericht für die erste Verhandlungen.
Wir fordern den Freispruch aller Protestierenden und denunzieren die Repression durch die ETH und Strafbehörden! Diese verletzt die verfassungsmässigen Grundrechte der Meinungsäusserung- und Versammlungsfreiheit - Menschenrechte, welche an Universitäten garantiert werden müssen.
Unterstütze uns in unseren Kampf um Gerechtigkeit und der Einhaltung von Menschenrechten und zwingendem Völkerrecht: komm vorbei, informiere dich über die Fälle und spende allenfalls zur Deckung der Gerichtskosten hier.
Komme morgen um 08:00 Uhr beim Bezirksgericht Zürich vorbei, um vor der Gerichtsverhandlung um 08:30 Uhr deine Unterstützung zu zeigen. Palästina Flaggen und Banners / Transpis sind wilkommen.
Our current focus: end the aggression on Palestine
Stop complicity and ensure accountability: we demand Swiss compliance with international law
Since October 7th 2023, the State of Israel has relentlessly and indiscriminately bombed and laid siege to Gaza, using starvation as a method of warfare against its 2,3 million citizens, blocking humanitarian aid, and exterminating its population by the hundreds of thousands. It has also accelerated its illegal invasion and annexation of Palestinian land in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, arbitrarily killing hundreds and detaining thousands of Palestinians, while maintaining an apartheid regime of oppression within its own boundaries.
In this context, Switzerland is failing to uphold its commitment to international law by supporting Israel’s crimes and failing to assist the Palestinian people. In view of the systematic and flagrant nature of the international crimes the State of Israel is and has been committing against the Palestinian people since 1948, their culmination in what experts deem constitutes genocide, and the consistent legal orders issued by the world Courts this past year condemning these crimes and reiterating States’ duty to prevent them, Switzerland’s current government’s policy violates international law and Swiss law.
Use the simple guideline we have prepared for you to contact our elected representatives responsible for foreign policy in the Parliament and demand compliance with human rights and international law in relation to Palestine.
With easy instructions in French, German or English, email address lists and a text template referring to relevant international law developments, let’s ascertain our democratic rights and make our voices heard!
You can also adapt the text and communication method to contact further politicians, parties, authorities, the media or any entity that can you think can impact Swiss policy on Palestinian human rights.
