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Gaza protesters remain as Vancouver Island University’s deadline to leave expires
NANAIMO, B.C. — A deadline for pro-Palestinian protesters to dismantle an encampment at Vancouver Island University in Naniamo, B.C., has expired without the demonstrators leaving.
The university last Thursday issued a trespass notice to the protesters over the camp that has been in place since May 1, saying legal action would be launched if they did not leave by 8 a.m. Monday.
It says in an email that as of about 9 a.m. the protesters “(have) not decamped” and the university would be issuing a statement.
The protesters say in a social media post that they remain “steadfast” and that by issuing the deadline the university has chosen to put students at risk, “to villainize them and punish them for using their right to protest.”