London University Granted High Court Order to Clear Pro-Palestinian Protest Camps

University College London (UCL) has won a High Court order to take back control of parts of its campus which had been occupied by pro-Palestinian protest camps since May. UCL had taken legal action over the “unauthorised occupational encampment” on its main estate, arguing that activists were protesting on private property. Judge Francesca Kaye granted UCL the order at a hearing on Tuesday, concluding that the protesters had “no real prospect” of proving that an order would interfere with their human rights or that the university had acted in a discriminatory way. The court had heard that the protest began on May 2 with 12 tents, before expanding into an encampment that at its peak involved 52 tents and around 50 activists....