Orange County prosecutors on Wednesday filed misdemeanor charges against 10 demonstrators who were among dozens arrested in May during a pro-Palestinian protest on the UC Irvine campus in May. The charges are the first to stem from arrests at UCI in the spring.

The Orange County District Attorney charged 10 protesters on Wednesday for failing to leave UC Irvine while police cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment this June.

A UC Irvine lecturer who faces a misdemeanor charge for allegedly failing to disperse when police attempted to clear a student encampment said he has not faced any repercussions professionally.

Ten people were charged on Tuesday with failing to disperse after police at the University of California, Irvine deemed a May protest on the school’s campus to be an unlawful assembly. According to a press release issued by the office of Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer,

Ten people were charged with failing to disperse during pro-Palestine protests on the campus of UC - Irvine back in May. More charges may be coming.

The Orange County District Attorney’s office announced misdemeanor charges Wednesday against 10 people, including a professor and lecturer. They have been charged with failing to follow dispersal orders at UC Irvine when police attempted to clear a student encampment calling for an end to Israel’s war in Gaza.

The Orange County District Attorney charged 10 protesters on Wednesday for failing to leave UC Irvine while police cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment last May."The right to peaceful assembly is a constitutional right and we encourage protestors to exercise their right to peaceful assembly on any issue,

Ten protesters will face misdemeanor charges in connection with a May 15 pro-Palestinian protest at UCI that police declared an unlawful assembly, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday.