Palestine Legal and NYCLU Sue Columbia University Over Student Group Suspension

Palestine Legal and NYCLU Sue Columbia University Over Student Group Suspension

The New York Civil Liberties Union and Palestine Legal filed a lawsuit today against Columbia University for the unlawful suspension of its chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) for engaging in peaceful protest. 

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Statement by Arab American GW Student Organizer Facing Racist Charges and Intimidation

Statement by Arab American GW Student Organizer Facing Racist Charges and Intimidation

Palestine Legal is sharing a statement from our client, Lance Lokas, an Arab American student organizer at George Washington University (GW) who has been repeatedly targeted by the university administration. On Friday, February 23rd, he was once again dragged before a disciplinary hearing, merely for participating in an on-campus event. Lance has already been placed on disciplinary probation and has been removed from leadership of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at GW in a blatant attempt to silence and discipline his speech and advocacy for Palestinian rights on campus. Now, GW SJP faces disbandment and Lance faces possible expulsion from the university.  

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Anti-Palestinian Animus at Root of U.S. Anti-Terrorism Laws, New Report Reveals

Anti-Palestinian Animus at Root of U.S. Anti-Terrorism Laws, New Report Reveals

Opposition to Palestinian rights has shaped U.S. federal anti-terrorism law from its beginnings, according to a briefing paper released today. Dating back to the 1960s, the government has used anti-terrorism law to target the Palestinian movement and supporters and to stigmatize Palestinians as terrorists, the paper says. 

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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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Federal Court Rules Florida Officials Do Not Intend to Deactivate University of Florida’s Students for Justice in Palestine

Federal Court Rules Florida Officials Do Not Intend to Deactivate University of Florida’s Students for Justice in Palestine

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida today denied the University of Florida chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine’s request for a preliminary injunction, finding that Florida officials do not intend to deactivate the Florida chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). UF SJP is represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Florida, and Palestine Legal.

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Palestine Legal, CAIR-GA, Community and Civil Rights Groups Demand Emory University Protect Palestinian, Muslim and Arab Students from Harassment

Palestine Legal, CAIR-GA, Community and Civil Rights Groups Demand Emory University Protect Palestinian, Muslim and Arab Students from Harassment

Palestine Legal and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) – Georgia, along with eight other community and civil rights, sent a letter to Emory University on behalf of Palestinian, Muslim, and Arab students at Emory who have been the target of anti-Palestinian, xenophobic, Islamophobic, and racist harassment.

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Coalition Letter to Dept. of Education: Reject IHRA Definition That Is Causing Severe Anti-Palestinian Racism

Coalition Letter to Dept. of Education: Reject IHRA Definition That Is Causing Severe Anti-Palestinian Racism

On January 16, Palestine Legal, along with 13 other civil rights and legal advocacy organizations, submitted a letter urging the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to reject codifying the distorted International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism into agency rules, policies, or decisions. 

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