Security guards end students' Gaza protest
More than 20 students were removed at around 6.10pm after security entered the room in university's Law and Social Science building.
Some students claim they were forcibly removed and said they would be taking up the matter with police.
Earlier today students said they expected the four day protest to last "at least" another week.
They had even considered occupying another room in the university's Law and Social Sciences building, as they have been joined by so many supporters.
Their protest over the carnage in Gaza and their university's response to it, was supported by Nottingham South MP Alan Simpson who gave a speech to students on Friday.
University officials switched off power supplies on Friday night leaving students with no heating over the weekend.
Last night, Liberal DemocratBaroness Jenny Tonge spoke to students through a window of Room B62 of the Law and Social Sciences building, which the students have occupied since Wednesday night.
The House of Lords representative had been banned from joining the students by site security staff.
The students were joined overnight by staff from Cambridge, Essex, Sussex and London University.
Hicham Yezza, one of those taking part, said: "I think we will go on for at least another week, because at the moment we haven't had any movement from the university yet.
"Baroness Tonge came to see us at 6pm on Saturday which was fantastic. She spoke to us from outside in the cold. She said that what we were doing should be emulated on every university campus around the country.
"There were people from other universities who drove on a Saturday night to join us who we also warmly welcomed.
"There are around 80 of us here now and lots are going to their own smaller meetings.
"We expect a lot of people to join us when the University reopens on Monday and may have to expand into a bigger space.
"This is a peaceful protest hurting no-one."
Mr Yezza said students had been and will be continuing to participate in a large programme of events, including film showings and all sorts of artistic workshops, seminars, discussions and debates.
He said numbers expand to around 200 when events are held in the room.
In addition to protesting at the general conditions in Gaza, the students' particular demands to their university included that the university website carry the Gaza relief appeal that the BBC and Sky refused to broadcast;
a public condemnation by university authorities of Israel's actions; scholarships for Palestinian students and donations of books and educational equipment to Palestinian schools and universities, and; that the university cease investing "directly or indirectly in companies complicit in human rights abuses in the Gaza strip," and that those companies be banned from campus.
A University of Nottingham spokesperson said: "The University is extremely disappointed that a small number of individuals have chosen to disrupt teaching and learning in this way.
"The University has always supported the right of students to protest peacefully on issues they feel strongly about, and they deserve to have their views heard – providing this does not impinge on academic freedom, or the freedom of their fellow students to further their own learning.
"We are not going to enter into any discussions with the students occupying the lecture theatre while this protest continues."
Protest leaders said they had worked hard to make sure that lectures were not disturbed or cancelled.
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