Court bans pro-Palestinian protests on McGill University campus for 10 days – Montreal [Video]

McGill University has obtained a temporary court order against a pro-Palestinian student group forbidding protests that disrupt activities or block access to buildings on campus.

The university went to court after a three-day protest earlier this month led to clashes, blockades and vandalism on its downtown campus.

A Quebec Superior Court judge granted the provisional injunction Tuesday, siding with McGill against the group Students for Palestinian Honour and Resistance, known as SPHR-McGill.

The protest, described as a strike for Palestinian liberation, ran from April 2 to 4 and demanded that McGill divest from companies linked to Israel’s military actions in Gaza. The protest forced the university to cancel some classes, and the school sought the injunction as its final exam period began on Monday.

The court document describes how this month’s protest led to smashed windows, buildings splattered with paint and classrooms blockaded or taken over by protesters.

“Protesters threw a …