Montreal police arrest 15, disperse protesters at McGill administration building
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In an update early Friday morning, the SPVM said 13 people were arrested for breaking and entering and two other people being arrested for obstructing police work.
Police in Montreal say 15 people have been arrested after a protest was forcefully dispersed at McGill University Thursday.
The arrests came after demonstrators occupied the main administration building on its downtown campus, which saw officers in riot gear launch chemical irritants.
Pro-Palestinian protesters have been camping on McGill’s lower field since late April, demanding the university pull its investments tied to Israel’s military and sever relationships with Israeli academic institutions.
Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights McGill, a student group participating in the encampment, said on social media “an autonomous group of students” had occupied the James Administration Building.
About 100 protesters had gathered in front of the building, a few hundred metres from the main encampment site.
A representative of the student group says the blockade at the administration building was in response to the global call to escalate for Rafah, referring to the southern Gaza city where Israel is conducting an offensive.
Rama Al Malah, who says she wasn’t part of the occupation of the administration building, said the blockade was also due to what protesters are calling the continued complicity of McGill in the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
“We watched as our students (were) brutalized and arrested on the inside and students essentially refused to leave their ground,” Al Malah said. “They stayed put in front of the administrative building in support of their comrades but also in support of our demands.
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