Protesters clearing pro-Palestinian encampment, University of Victoria says

The University of Victoria says pro-Palestinian protesters are dismantling an encampment aft almost 3 months astatine nan campus.

The schoolhouse issued a trespass announcement complete nan weekend, saying administrators saw “no further imaginable for a successful dialogue” pinch nan protesters.

The assemblage said successful an email Monday that nan encampment group up connected May 1 was being taken isolated by nan protesters.

Protesters had said connected societal media that nan schoolhouse gave them a deadline of Monday greeting to vacate, but they were readying a “trespass breakfast” astatine that clip without detailing nan adjacent steps.

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The protestation group has not responded to requests for comment.

Another pro-Palestinian encampment was voluntarily vacated astatine nan University of British Columbia connected July 7, while Vancouver Island University successful Nanaimo launched ineligible action against protesters location aft issuing a trespass announcement connected July 11.

The B.C. camps person been among a number of specified protestation sites astatine universities successful Canada and nan United States.

The protesters against nan Israel-Hamas warfare successful Gaza person been demanding that universities trim financial and world ties pinch Israeli firms and institutions, among different things.