Vanderbilt's Discriminatory Crackdown on Palestine Activism

Vanderbilt's Discriminatory Crackdown on Palestine Activism

Palestine Legal has sent a letter to Vanderbilt University after the administration unilaterally canceled a campuswide vote on a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) resolution set to take place this week.

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OSU Unconstitutionally Blocks Divestment Vote

OSU Unconstitutionally Blocks Divestment Vote

Today, Palestine Legal sent a letter to the Ohio State University (OSU) administration urging it to allow students to vote on a ballot initiative that would call on the university to divest from companies complicit in genocide.

In our letter to the university, we warn OSU against disparate treatment toward Palestinian students and put the university on notice to respect students’ civil and constitutional rights. 

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Palestine Legal Joins Community and Civil Rights Groups to Demand an End to UCSF's Unlawful Practices

Palestine Legal Joins Community and Civil Rights Groups to Demand an End to UCSF's Unlawful Practices

Palestine Legal joins eleven other community and civil rights organizations to demand that the University of California, San Francisco, end its discriminatory campaign of intimidating and silencing students, faculty, staff, and other members of the UCSF community who have spoken out against Israel’s genocidal attacks on Palestinians.

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Civil Rights Groups: UCLA Must Defend Students and Faculty Against Baseless Claims

Civil Rights Groups: UCLA Must Defend Students and Faculty Against Baseless Claims

Palestine Legal has joined a coalition of interfaith and civil rights groups calling on UCLA to defend the rights of faculty and students in the face of two federal investigations into the university’s response to Palestine advocacy and scholarship.

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Civil Rights, Community Orgs Call on SFSU to Support Rabab Abdulhadi

Civil Rights, Community Orgs Call on SFSU to Support Rabab Abdulhadi

Palestine Legal, along with 19 other local and national civil rights, community, and educational organizations, has urged San Francisco State University to publicly defend Professor Rabab Abdulhadi against a years-long campaign of harassment, threats, and legal bullying. 

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Civil Rights Orgs: Stop Abusing Dept. of Ed. to Attack Free Speech

Civil Rights Orgs: Stop Abusing Dept. of Ed. to Attack Free Speech

Attacks on student free speech must end says a coalition of national civil rights organizations

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Rights Groups Tell Universities Across the U.S. to Stand Up For Students and Faculty Under Attack

Rights Groups Tell Universities Across the U.S. to Stand Up For Students and Faculty Under Attack

Palestine Legal, along with 13 national civil rights and social justice groups, wrote to 280 U.S. universities this week to demand that they take forceful action to protect free speech in response to targeted harassment by right-wing Israel advocacy groups.

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