Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather at Toronto Metropolitan University, April, 2024. Sarah Dawson, who was a second year student at TMU's Lincoln Alexander School of Law when she signed the letter, says the goal of the lawsuit is to deter institutions from suppressing activism on Gaza.

A group of current and former Toronto Metropolitan University law students who signed a controversial letter expressing unequivocal support for Palestinians after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israeli civilians has filed a lawsuit against the university.

The statement of claim, which has not been tested in court, alleges TMU defamed the signatories by publicly condemning the letter as antisemitic and intolerant.

The lawsuit also accuses TMU’s Lincoln Alexander School of Law of negligent misrepresentation

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