Media Roundup: Palestine Legal files federal civil rights complaint against University of Illinois Chicago

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Media Roundup: Palestine Legal files federal civil rights complaint against University of Illinois Chicago

On September 12th, Palestine Legal filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), demanding an investigation into the University of Illinois Chicago’s (UIC) discriminatory treatment of Palestinian students.

Below is a media roundup on the Title VI complaint in outlets including The Electronic Intifada, CBS News Chicago, and Middle East Eye.

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Media Roundup: Palestine Legal supports CUNY Law commencement speaker Fatima Mohammed

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Media Roundup: Palestine Legal supports CUNY Law commencement speaker Fatima Mohammed

On June 13th, Palestine Legal wrote a civil rights letter signed by 13 legal groups to the City University of New York (CUNY) to raise serious concerns that the university's statement condemning as “hate speech” the principled remarks by CUNY Law graduate Fatima Mohammed violated state and federal laws.

Below is a media roundup on our support for Fatima Mohammed mentioned in outlets including Jewish Currents, The Daily Beast, Electronic Intifada, Mondoweiss, and The Forward.

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Radhika Sainath in Jacobin: The Anti-Palestinian Censorship Machine Runs on Racism

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Radhika Sainath in Jacobin: The Anti-Palestinian Censorship Machine Runs on Racism

Senior staff attorney Radhika Sainath published an op-ed in Jacobin on how censorship of Palestinian rights advocacy isn’t just a free speech issue — it’s often a manifestation of anti-Palestinian racism.

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Media Roundup: Palestine Legal files federal civil rights complaint against George Washington University

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Media Roundup: Palestine Legal files federal civil rights complaint against George Washington University

Here is a media roundup on Palestine Legal’s federal civil rights complaint with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) demanding an immediate investigation into the years-long, hostile environment of anti-Palestinian racism that continues unabated at George Washington University (GW).

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Liz Jackson in The Boston Globe

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Liz Jackson in The Boston Globe

Senior staff attorney Liz Jackson was recently interviewed by The Boston Globe in an article exposing the kind of pressure academics who speak out for Palestinian rights face on college campuses. It highlights how the Palestine Exception to free speech affects academic freedom on Palestine, and features powerful Palestinian female professors who have resisted the censorship and bullying.

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Media Roundup: NYU student punished for writing on discarded Israeli mail bag

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Media Roundup: NYU student punished for writing on discarded Israeli mail bag

Our staff attorney, Dylan Saba, spoke to the Electronic Intifada, and New York University’s (NYU) independent student newspaper Washington Square News, about our client who is a graduate student worker at NYU put under investigation by the administration for the alleged “vandalism” of an Israeli mail services bag discarded in a recycling bin.

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Media Roundup: Palestine Legal on Dept of Ed decision to not implement distorted IHRA definition

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Media Roundup: Palestine Legal on Dept of Ed decision to not implement distorted IHRA definition

Our advocacy manager, Lina Assi, spoke to the Electronic Intifada and Mondoweiss about an important victory: the Department of Education’s exclusion of the distorted IHRA definition in its guidance on addressing antisemitism and other discrimination in US schools – despite heavy pressure from Israel lobby groups that use IHRA as a censorship tool.

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