WASHINGTON: Police dismantled a protest encampment set up by current and former Microsoft employees at the tech giant’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, over the company’s cloud services being used by the Israeli military for surveillance operations against Palestinians.
Members of the worker-led campaign group, No Azure for Apartheid, occupied Microsoft’s East Campus in Redmond on Tuesday, demanding the company end its ties with Israel. The group accused Microsoft of complicity in war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank through its support of Israeli military and intelligence operations.
“In establishing the Liberated Zone, we are liberating our workplace and reclaiming our labor by refusing to do any work that could contribute to genocide and other crimes against humanity in Palestine,” said Microsoft worker Julius Shan in a letter to the company on Tuesday.
“We choose to take this step to escalate against Microsoft’s active role in powering 22 months of genocide in Palestine,” he added.
Microsoft workers occupy HQ in protest against company’s ties to Israeli military. (Supplied)
