Palestine Legal: Trump's Executive Order Aims to Punish Protests of Israel's Genocide in Gaza, Promotes Anti-Palestinian Discrimination
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Yesterday, Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting university students who participate in protests or speech activity critical of Israel's genocide.
Read MoreAs Trump Takes Office, Punishments for Pro-Palestine Protests Escalate
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With reports that the Trump administration is plotting a whole-of-government crackdown on pro-Palestine campus demonstrators and other orders that could devastate higher education, Palestine Legal has received a recent wave of reports from students across the country confronting a new level of repression for pro-Palestine protests.
Read MoreSUCCESS: Department of Education Office for Civil Rights States George Washington University May Have Discriminated Based on Palestinian National Origin
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On January 17th, the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights and George Washington University (GW) entered into a resolution agreement ending a years-long investigation into possible Title VI violations at the University.
The agreement, which resolved two Title VI complaints—one filed on behalf of Palestinian students by Palestine Legal alleging anti-Palestinian discrimination, and another filed by Israel advocacy group StandWithUs alleging antisemitism—states that GW “may have treated [a pro-Palestine student] differently on the basis of shared ancestry[.]”
Read MoreCivil Rights Groups, Emory SJP Address Federal Recognition of Hostile Environment Concerns At Emory University
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Emory Students for Justice in Palestine (ESJP), the Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia), and Palestine Legal today addressed the announcement and resolution by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The resolution sets out several substantive remedial measures Emory University must take after OCR identified important Title VI compliance concerns at the University for alleged harassment of students based on their Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, and Black identities.
Read MoreCivil Rights Orgs Warn Pomona College Unprecedented Suspensions of Students Are Unlawful, ‘Punishes the Act of Protest Itself’
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Five legal organizations including Palestine Legal, the Asian Law Caucus, the Center for Protest Law and Litigation, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, and the National Lawyers Guild of Los Angeles sent a letter to Pomona College today warning the school that its unprecedented suspensions of a group of students for the remaining 2024-2025 academic year without due process violated First Amendment principles and California law.
Read MoreFederal Court Grants University of Maryland Students for Justice in Palestine’s Preliminary Junction
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Today, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland granted the University of Maryland Students for Justice in Palestine’s (UMD SJP) request for a preliminary injunction to allow the group to host an interfaith vigil on October 7, 2024.
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