Ms Bauer mentioned the overwhelming support from students for Palestinian students and lecturers, leading to a surge in students joining UCD Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS).
"Students want to help, they see all the top universities that were bombed and destroyed. They see how many academics and students were killed, or had to stop their career, they see it could have been them." - Reflecting on the motivation behind the increasing participation in the UCD BDS movement.
"That use of force on protestors is not helpful and it's curtailing free speech. That needs to be protected." - Highlighting the importance of protecting free speech during protests, as expressed by Ms Ní Riada.
The students emphasized the need to protect their protest movement as part of democracy and to amplify the voices of the voiceless, emphasizing the peaceful atmosphere of their events in Ireland.
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