Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights Condemn US Designation of Palestine Advocacy Group as Genocide Escalates

Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights Condemn US Designation of Palestine Advocacy Group as Genocide Escalates

Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights condemn the addition of Samidoun to its “Specially Designated Global Terrorist” list. This action — a politically-motivated decision to criminalize the organization without due process — is the latest evidence that the US is doing more to try to shut down opposition to a genocide than to stop the genocide itself.

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Civil Rights Orgs Call on Brown to Reject Politicized Threats and Approve Divestment

Civil Rights Orgs Call on Brown to Reject Politicized Threats and Approve Divestment

Eight legal and civil rights organizations, including Palestine Legal, have sent a letter to Brown University urging Brown to vote in favor of the Brown Divest proposal, which calls for the university to divest from a list of companies complicit in human rights abuses in Palestine.

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Liz Jackson's Op-Ed in the Brown Daily Herald on Brown Divestment

Liz Jackson's Op-Ed in the Brown Daily Herald on Brown Divestment

Last December, the Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility at Brown voted to divest from companies complicit in violations of Palestinian human rights. This followed a student referendum that from Brown University Divest passed by an overwhelming margin in March. The university's president refuses to honor these calls. Senior staff attorney Liz Jackson published an op-ed in the Brown Daily Herald telling her alma mater that it must divest from Israel's abuse of Palestinian human rights:

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