Pro-Palestinian student protesters have dismantled their month-long encampment on the ground floor of a London School of Economics building.
The group had set up the encampment within the Marshall Building in central London on 14 May - but hadThey held a rally before they removed tents, signs and bin bags, and climbed out through the building's windows at 15:30 BST - just 30 minutes before the deadline set in the court order.Theafter the release of the Assets in Apartheid report by the LSE Students' Union's Palestine Society.
The report claims that LSE has invested £89m in 137 companies involved in the conflict in Gaza, fossil fuels, the arms industry or nuclear weapons production. Dozens of students have since been staying at the encampment for more than a month and had vowed to remain there until LSE met a series of demands, including divestment and democratisation of the financial decision-making process.AnnabelleAnnabelle, an LSE undergraduate who was among those leaving the encampment, told BBC News the rally was "energetic but peaceful".
Ethan Chua, a spokesperson for the protest group, said it was "incredibly shameful" that the university had taken them to court and had decided to "criminalise them instead of engaging with their substantive demands".An LSE spokesperson said: " was applied for following careful consideration, including in relation to the safety of the protesters. This decision was taken after exhausting all other options.
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