A younger physician and father of two has condemned how he was racially profiled and humiliated when he turned as much as attend a lecture by Israeli Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely on the College of Cambridge final Wednesday.
Dr Zeshan Qureshi, a Cambridge Union member of fine standing, stated he had acquired a ticket to attend the occasion by means of official processes.
He recalled: “After going previous the CCTV digital camera and thru the scanner, an unfamiliar safety particular person, circuitously employed by the union, advised me that I wanted to return with him.”
The physician was then taken apart and interrogated. “I used to be requested if I used to be a member of any Palestinian organisations and whether or not I used to be planning to trigger bother on the occasion.”
I really feel actually indignant and totally humiliated having been racially profiled and interrogated on the @cambridgeunion yesterday. I used to be attending a debate held with the UK Israeli ambassador @TzipiHotovely. 1/x
— Zeshan Qureshi (@DrZeshanQureshi) February 9, 2022
He added that the safety personnel advised him that the Cambridge Union would revoke his membership for all times if he stood as much as discuss.
“I’m fortunate to have been extremely educated in self-advocacy, and I made it clear to my interrogator in a really well mannered method that they’d no legit motive to interrogate me or label me as a threat.”
The incident calls into query the widespread observe of silencing critics of Israel on British campuses. Dr Qureshi has since filed an official criticism to Cambridge Union, who’ve been sympathetic to his considerations.
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