India, Aug. 27 -- Police arrested seven people, including current and former employees, after they occupied the office of Microsoft President Brad Smith at the company's Redmond, Washington, headquarters.
The action was part of ongoing demonstrations by the activist group No Azure for Apartheid, which opposes Microsoft's contracts with Israel amid the ongoing Gaza war.
The group has accused Microsoft of enabling surveillance and military operations through its Azure cloud platform. Earlier this month, The Guardian reported that the Israeli Defense Forces used Azure to store phone call data from Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Microsoft has denied any violations of its policies, hiring an outside law firm to review the claims.
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