The University of Toronto is asking the courts to authorize police action to remove protesters who refuse orders to leave a pro-Palestinian encampment set up on campus.
WATCH: The University of Toronto is taking new action to try to clear the pro-Palestinian encampment on its campus. It comes after deadlines were passed for demonstrators to leave and little progress in negotiations between protest organizers and the university. Sean O'Shea reports.The University of Toronto is asking the courts to authorize police action to remove protesters who refuse orders to leave a pro-Palestinian encampment set up on campus earlier this month.
The university has filed a notice of motion in court aimed at bringing about an end to the demonstration while saying the encampment was causing irreparable harm to the institution. Among the relief sought, the university is asking for an order authorizing police to “arrest and remove persons, objects and structures” who violate the terms of a court order.It is also seeking to prevent protesters from blocking access to university property or setting up fences, tents or other structures on campus.
The protesters have said they are prepared to fight back with their own legal team and refused to leave the site, ignoring a Monday morning deadline set in a trespass notice issued last week.Similar encampments on university campuses have cropped up across Canada in recent months, with several schools considering or taking legal action against the protesters.Read
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