A United Nations rapporteur has criticised the University of Cambridge for seeking a High Court injunction to ban pro-Palestinian protesters from entering or interfering with access to key university sites.

Gina Romero, the UN special rapporteur for Freedom of Assembly, on Thursday urged Cambridge to refrain from “regulations that contravene international standards [on] human rights protection, and to stop harassing and stigmatising the university-based pro-Palestine solidarity movement”.