Athens jail says all 16 arrested at UGA protest Monday have been released

All 16 people who were arrested for trespassing Monday morning at an Israel-Gaza protest on the University of Georgia’s campus have been released from jail, a spokesperson at the Athens-Clarke County Jail said Tuesday morning.

Ten of those arrested were students, according to a person familiar with the matter, who was not authorized to speak publicly.

Here is UGA’s statement from Monday explaining why campus police arrested protesters.

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