Seven current and ex-Microsoft workers arrested at sit-in over Israeli military ties | US news
After organizing a seating show in the head of the company president, who wanted Microsoft to cut his ties with the Israeli government, at least seven in the center of the company and the former Microsoft employee were arrested.
According to Abdo Mohamed, a former Microsoft worker and helped to organize the show, the police placed the protesters in the full body harness teams and took out the building. “No arrest, no violence, it will not deterre us from continuing to talk,” he said.
In addition to the protesters A seating place staged In Microsoft President Brad Smith’s office, other employees, former staff and supporters gathered outside the headquarters.
The demonstration on Tuesday was part of a series of actions on cloud contracts with the Israeli government of Microsoft by the existing and former staff. Twenty activists were arrested last week in the center of the company in Washington, Redmond.
The latest protests came after the joint investigation by the Guardian, Israel-Palestinian publication +972 magazine and Hebrew starting point Local callAt the beginning of this month, the Israeli Military Surveillance Agency announced that Microsoft has benefited from Azure software to hide numerous mobile phones calls made by Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza.
The Company said that “the supervision of civilians or the collection of mobile phone conversations using Microsoft’s services”.
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Microsoft did not respond immediately to a query from Guardian on Tuesday.
The company launched an independent investigation into the use of Azure software, but activists wanted to increase the actions because they saw it as inadequate action from the company.
“You are trying to bury your head in the sand to continue to pull your baby killer necks out of your sand holes and to continue to confront your guilt until you stop killing our people.
In the meantime, Microsoft is taking extraordinary measures to suppress the demonstrations that have been ongoing for months. Accordingly a report The company asked Bloomberg for help from the Federal Investigation Office to watch protests and worked with local authorities to stop them.
