The suspension of a Palestinian activist who was a student at Vancouver Island University has landed in BC Supreme Court.

A Supreme Court Justice heard arguments Thursday from five lawyers about the disciplinary suspension.

Sara Kishawi, a Palestinian-Canadian, is petitioning the court for a judicial review of the two-year suspension handed to her by Vancouver Island University (VIU).

After completing a Bachelors degree in Sociology, Kishawi now wants to achieve her master’s.

Her lawyer Noah Ross is asking “…for her suspension to be dropped so she can pursue further education.”

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“It seems like that was their point, to put some sort of barrier and to make an example of what you would be treated like if you were to protest on campus in a way the administration did

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