US authorities have charged 12 protesters with felony vandalism for participating in a June 2024 pro-Palestine demonstration at Stanford University in California, Al Jazeera reports.
The charged — who range in age from 19 to 32 — barricaded themselves inside the office of the school president last year. Prosecutors accuse the group of “conspiracy to occupy” the building, adding that at least one suspect entered by breaking a window.
The university said at the time that 13 people were arrested during the protest, while one police officer was injured and the building suffered “extensive” damage.