Pro-Palestine protesters are set to return to university administration buildings a week on from multiple students arrests.

The Oxford Action for Palestine group will return to Wellington Square today (May 30) where activists were arrested last Thursday after participating in a sit-in inside.

In total, 17 individuals have been arrested as a result of that previous action - including 12 students according to the University of Oxford. 

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Thames Valley Police has confirmed 16 people were arrested on May 23 on suspicion of aggravated trespass with one of the 16 also on suspicion of common assault. 

A 17th person was later arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass and affray.

They have currently been released on police bail with no further updates. 

Oxford Action for Palestine has maintained the actions of both the sit-in participants, and the hundreds of supporters outside, were peaceful, while alleging that Thames Valley Police (TVP) had acted disproportionately and violently. 

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TVP denies these allegations, and said social media videos had shown "officers using lawful, proportionate and necessary action in the difficult circumstances they faced".

An Oxford Action for Palestine spokesperson said: "Last Thursday, students initiated a peaceful sit-in after exhausting all other avenues of communication with the Administration, following seventeen days of non-response."

"Instead of engaging in productive dialogue with her students, vice-chancellor Irene Tracey chose to immediately evacuate the building, place it on lockdown, and call the police, who arrived in large numbers an hour later." 

The group said it would be hosting a peaceful protest outside the same administration offices in Wellington Street at 1pm.

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They explained: "To show the University Administration and Irene Tracey that despite their attempts to violently silence our movement, we will continue to call on them to negotiate with our coalition, drop the charges against last week's protesters, and begin working to end its role in facilitating the ongoing ethnic cleansing and apartheid of the Palestinian people."

An Oxford University spokesperson highlighted a number of recent statements when contacted for comment including a response to the recent encampment protest and a university bulletin from May 28. 

The bulletin reads: "None of us want to see the police have to intervene in this way.

"We want to underline our support for the right to peaceful protest; to rejection of injustice, intolerance and discrimination; and to free speech."

The newsletter outlined "emergency protocols" in place to respond to "forcible incursions" in university buildings. 

The newsletters did not give more details as there is an ongoing police investigation, but said colleagues were in touch with those charged individuals to "check on their welfare". 

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Elsewhere in the region, protests have been staged by other groups including at Didcot Parkway on Wednesday.

Ms Tracey has been contacted for comment by the Oxford Mail.