The University of Michigan is ramping up its crackdown on pro-Palestinian protests by bringing disciplinary charges against 11 current and former students and creating an office in the police department to handle punishment, activists tell Metro Times .

The charges stem from campus protests from 10 to 14 months ago.

The University of Michigan Board of Regents, which has repeatedly targeted students who have spoken out about Israel’s war in Gaza, brought the charges under a newly revised student code of conduct, according to TAHRIR Coalition, a grassroots pro-Palestinian group. The charges, which include potential suspensions, formal reprimands, and a lifetime ban for alums, come nearly three months after Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel dropped all charges against seven pro-Pale

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