Media Roundup: Students Win Legal Battle Against Censorship at Fordham

Media Roundup: Students Win Legal Battle Against Censorship at Fordham

Here is a roundup of media featuring Fordham SJP, Palestine Legal, and the Center for Constitutional Rights.

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Radhika Sainath on Fordham Victory in +972 Magazine

Radhika Sainath on Fordham Victory in +972 Magazine

Senior staff attorney Radhika Sainath reflects on the legal case against Fordham University’s ban on Students for Justice in Palestine for +972 Magazine.

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Palestine Legal Comments on California’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum

Palestine Legal Comments on California’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum

We wrote in response to an organized campaign against the curriculum because of its inclusion of the movement for Palestinian freedom alongside other contemporary struggles for civil rights and equality. 

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Israel's ban on Tlaib and Omar exposes larger attacks on advocates for Palestinian rights

Israel's ban on Tlaib and Omar exposes larger attacks on advocates for Palestinian rights

The attack on Omar and Tlaib puts a spotlight on efforts to suppress advocacy for Palestinian rights, which have impacted thousands of activists around the country. While this story holds our national attention, we must continue to fight to ensure that human rights defenders can raise their voices for marginalized people in Palestine and around the world.

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Success: UIC Reverses Ban on Palestine Event

Success: UIC Reverses Ban on Palestine Event

A community group in Rockford, Ill., that had been blocked from renting space for an event featuring Israeli-American activist and author Miko Peled successfully held their event on Saturday after Palestine Legal intervened.

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Fordham University Students Win Landmark Fight to Establish Palestine Club

Fordham University Students Win Landmark Fight to Establish Palestine Club

Five Fordham University students have won a landmark legal victory against Fordham University, which sought to prohibit them from forming a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) club at their university. The students, represented by the Center for Constitutional Rights, Palestine Legal, and cooperating counsel Alan Levine, argued that Fordham University violated its own rules when, in 2016, it vetoed the United Student Government’s approval of SJP, preventing the students from forming the SJP club.

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Radhika Sainath's NYT Letter to the Editor on BDS article

Radhika Sainath's NYT Letter to the Editor on BDS article

Senior staff attorney Radhika Sainath appeared in Saturday’s New York Times with a letter to the editor responding to July 28 reporting on the BDS movement.

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