Five Microsoft employees arrested following headquarters sit-in

Five current and former Microsoft employees were arrested at the company’s headquarters in Washington after staging a sit-in at the president’s office, demanding that the company cut ties with the Israeli government.

Police carried the protesters out in full-body harnesses, according to a former employee who helped organise the action.

“No arrests, no violence, will deter us from continuing to speak up,” Abdo Mohamed, who was fired last autumn after holding a vigil for Palestinians killed in Gaza, told the Guardian.