Pro-Palestinian protesters say they’ll take down UGuelph encampment by next Monday

Pro-Palestinian protesters who group up campy astatine nan University of Guelph more than a period agone opportunity they will battalion up and time off by adjacent Monday.

The demonstrators opportunity successful a written connection that they will beryllium leaving connected their ain timeline, which will springiness them nan chance to do truthful safely and without damaging nan campy materials.

They opportunity instrumentality utilized astatine nan encampment will beryllium donated to those struggling arsenic a consequence of nan lodging crisis.

The announcement comes aft nan assemblage delivered a trespass announcement this Monday and warned that it would return ineligible action if nan protesters stayed put.

The schoolhouse said it took those steps aft nan group ignored its petition to dismantle nan campy by Sunday evening.

The university’s president, Charlotte Yates, says its plans to prosecute litigation and an injunction will beryllium connected clasp arsenic agelong arsenic nan encampment is gone by 9 a.m. adjacent Monday.

“We are extending this deadline arsenic a motion of bully religion that nan encampment will disband, not return, and each activities this week and beyond will beryllium lawful and successful accordance pinch assemblage policies,” Yates said successful a written statement.

“If these conditions are not met aliases disruptions to assemblage operations continue, nan assemblage will proceed pinch ineligible action.”

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Protesters took down their encampment astatine nan University of Waterloo and Western University complete nan weekend, astir 2 months aft they were established.

The University of Waterloo had revenge a suit against nan protesters, and sought a tribunal bid to return down nan campy and let constabulary to apprehension and region those who refused to leave. The schoolhouse said it was withdrawing nan suit and injunction proceedings now that nan encampment is gone.

Both protestation groups said they would proceed to push for divestment successful different ways.

Pro-Palestinian protesters astatine nan University of Toronto besides cleared a two-month aged encampment past week aft a judge granted nan schoolhouse an injunction.