The ruling from the Quebec judge comes after McGill University filed an application late last week to remove the encampment from its campus in downtown Montreal.
Lawyers for McGill University went to court Monday to ask for an injunction to dismantle a pro-Palestinian encampment on school grounds. Dozens of tents went up in late April amid similar demonstrations across U.S. campuses over the Israel-Hamas conflict. Global's Amanda Jelowicki explains.A Quebec Superior Court judge rejected the request Wednesday for an injunction to dismantle a weeks-old encampment by pro-Palestinian activists at McGill University.
The protesters are demanding McGill divest from companies that they say are “complicit” in Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories. They want the school to cut ties with Israeli institutions.In court Monday, McGill lawyers argued that the encampment presents a health and safety risk and is preventing the school from holding convocation ceremonies on its property.Meanwhile, lawyers representing different groups of activists defended the right to protest.
This is the second time a Quebec Superior Court judge has weighed in on an injunction request related to the McGill encampment., an application for a provisional court order made by two students was rejected. Justice Chantal Masse ruled that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate that their access to the school was being impeded or that they would be unable to write their final exams.
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