Microsoft employee was arrested at the headquarters while protesting Israel’s contracts

Microsoft employee as part of the protests was arrested at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington this week. On Tuesday, a group of current and former Microsoft employees, as well as members of society, It seized the scene at the Microsoft headquarters To protest the company’s contracts with Israel. No Azure Group of Racial Chapter Protest Group says at least one employee of Microsoft has now been arrested as part of 18 arrests on a second day of protests.

The demonstrators at the Microsoft headquarters created the “liberated area” camp for the second day on Wednesday, and poured red paint on the Microsoft brand on the campus. Searching for news Reports Redmond police claim that some demonstrators “also banned a pedestrian bridge, and tried to create a barrier using stolen tables and chairs.” While a group of demonstrators was transferred peacefully on the first day of the protests on Tuesday, Redmond police arrested 18 people in Wednesday’s protests and claimed that some of the demonstrators “became aggressive.”

At least one of the 18 arrests of Anna Hatttel, a software engineer in the Microsoft’s Cloud and AI team. Abdo Mohamed, Nozure, for the racist separation organizer and a former technical worker launched by Microsoft, confirmed, freedom This coexist and former employees of Microsoft Hossam Nasr and Vaniya Agrawal were arrested on Wednesday. “Among them is the arrest of the current and previous workers in Microsoft as well as members of the Seattle community,” NO Azure says to the Apartheid Group in a press release.

The latest protests come after only days GuardianIn partnership with +972 magazine and Local calland Publishing the investigation Which revealed that the Israeli government relies on the cloud Microsoft services to store recordings and data that amount to “one million calls per hour” made by the Palestinians.

“The company announced last week that it is following a comprehensive and independent review of the new allegations that were reported for the first time earlier this month about the alleged use of the Azure platform in Israel,” Microsoft spokesman, Microsoft spokeswoman, said in a statement to Komo News. “Microsoft will continue to do the hard work needed to support human rights standards in the Middle East, while supporting and taking clear steps to address illegal measures that harm property, disrupt business or threaten others.”