University of Victoria protest encampment eliciting more complaints, president says

Pro-Palestinian protesters hold a demonstration during a visit by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the University of Victoria, in Saanich, B.C., on April 19.The president of the University of Victoria says a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on its campus is drawing an increasing number of complaints about harassment and intimidation, but also illegal and “dangerous” activities.

Police in Saanich say they arrested a man on Tuesday after he was allegedly threatening people inside an academic centre for Indigenous students. Hall’s statement says that response was “hindered because of interventions from members of the encampment.” He says that over the past week an “increasing number of complaints related to unacceptable incidents and behaviours.”

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