Court orders protesters to take down UofT encampment

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It also gives police the authority to arrest and remove anyone who knows about the order and contravenes it.

The injunction issued late Tuesday afternoon orders the protesters to take down tents and structures by 6 p.m. Wednesday and bars them from impeding access to university property, putting up new tents or structures, or using the site without permission between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.

The protesters have controlled access to the area in a way that excludes those who disagree with it, as well as those who “simply want to use front campus as an attractive recreational space,” he added.5 years after historic tobacco ruling, ‘nothing has changed’ “We trust that those in the encampment will abide by the court order and vacate the encampment before the court-imposed deadline. Anyone who chooses to remain in the encampment after that deadline will be subject to consequences under university policy and the law,” the school said in a statement.

“What I can say is that students will continue to fight for divestment until Palestine is free, until U of T ends its complicity in this genocide,” said Erin Mackey, a spokesperson for the encampment.The court ruling said the university has procedures in place to consider requests for divestment and has offered the protesters an expedited process.

 

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