07:07 AM EDT, 08/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Microsoft ( MSFT ) employees engaged in activism, along with supporters, were arrested following a second consecutive day of demonstrations at the company's headquarters, demanding an end to its business relationship with the Israeli military, Bloomberg reported Thursday.

A total of 18 people were arrested on charges including trespassing, malicious mischief, resisting arrest, and obstruction during the protests at Microsoft's ( MSFT ) headquarters, the report cited a spokesperson from the Redmond Police Department as saying in an email.

The employee group behind the protest, No Azure for Apartheid, demands that Microsoft ( MSFT ) stop selling cloud services and AI tools to Israel, claiming the company's products contribute to civilian deaths in Gaza, the report said.

Microsoft ( MSFT ) did not immediately reply to MT Newswires' request for comment.

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