Palestine Solidarity Legal Support, along with the Center for Constitutional Rights, sent a letter to John Jay College President Jeremy Travis on October 23, 2014, urging the College to stop censoring Students for Justice in Palestine’s (SJP) expressive conduct.
Read MoreOn October 13, the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), a right-wing, Zionist lawfare organization, issued a baseless legal threat to the Westin Hotel in Los Angeles, which is scheduled to host the American Studies Association (ASA) conference in early November.
Read MoreThe City University of New York, Brooklyn College announced that it was suspending its unconstitutional security fee policy in an email to Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) last week. In February 2014, Brooklyn College implemented a new security fee policy that allowed the college to assess security costs for after-hours student club events.
Read MoreThe U.S. Attorney filed an extraordinary motion this week in the controversial prosecution of Rasmea Odeh, seeking an order to empanel an anonymous jury and sequester jurors from protests occurring outside the Detroit courthouse so that they are not improperly swayed by Odeh's supporters.
Read MorePSLS is co-sponsoring Steven Salaita's tour of Chicago campuses as he speaks out about the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's actions to terminate him for his tweets about Gaza just weeks before he was set to start his tenured position.
Read MoreStudents for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Loyola University – Chicago today released a statement about the university’s lifting of a temporary suspension on their group and an ongoing investigation against individual students after they attempted to register at a Birthright Israel table on September 9.
Read MoreAre you planning a mock eviction action to raise awareness on Israel's policy of demolishing Palestinian homes? Pro-Israel students, groups and alumni donors can’t deny Israel’s record of human rights abuses, so they’re increasingly resorting to behind-the-scenes pressure as well as open campaigns calling on universities to punish speech supporting Palestinian rights.
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