Protests at Cornell University: Protest against Cornell University's handling of gang rape

Students at Cornell University in New York State staged a sit-in to protest the university's handling of an alleged gang rape. They put up a handwritten banner in a dining room demanding justice for the alleged victim. Another group demonstrated in front of the building. The sit-in was scheduled to last seven hours.

The organizers accuse the university administration of reacting too slowly to reports of sexual assault in 2024 and of wanting to protect its reputation. The students are demanding, among other things, a revision of the disciplinary procedure and the exclusion of all those who are said to have been involved in the alleged gang rape or the revocation of their degrees.

A former Cornell University student reported that she was drugged with the anesthetic ketamine and then raped by seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity in October 2024. The then 20-year-old said she contacted the campus police around three weeks after the incident. However, their statements did not lead to a trial. The university banned the student association after the allegations became known, but only suspended some of the suspects. Two of the accused deny through their lawyers that they took part in the alleged attacks.

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