St. John's Censors Palestinian Grad's 'Free Free Palestine' Post Amid Israeli Onslaught

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St. John's Censors Palestinian Grad's 'Free Free Palestine' Post Amid Israeli Onslaught

St. John's University in New York censored a Palestinian doctoral student, preventing her from celebrating her Palestinian identity and scholarship during the school's virtual commencement ceremony last month. Dr. Laila Shikaki was not the only Palestinian targeted during spring graduation ceremonies this year. Palestine Legal responded to other commencement incidents in recent weeks.

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A Note from Robin D.G. Kelley: What Juneteenth is Really About

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A Note from Robin D.G. Kelley: What Juneteenth is Really About

Juneteenth was just declared a national holiday, but African Americans have been celebrating this day for a century and a half, and it was always bigger than Texas, bigger than the United States, even bigger than the dark night of slavery.

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NY’s Highest Court Refuses Case on Fordham Censorship of Students for Justice in Palestine

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NY’s Highest Court Refuses Case on Fordham Censorship of Students for Justice in Palestine

Today, civil rights groups asked the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in New York State, to hear an appeal of a ruling that allows Fordham University to censor student speech. The petition comes in a lawsuit brought by Fordham students prohibited by the university from forming a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) school club because of the group’s “political goals” and because of claims it would be “polarizing.”

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Advisory on Law Enforcement Visits to Palestine Activists

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Advisory on Law Enforcement Visits to Palestine Activists

In 2018, Palestine Legal issued an advisory and an update regarding FBI visits to Palestine activists. Given new reports we have heard of activists being questioned by the FBI and local police amid this year’s popular uprising for Palestinian rights and new and updated resources from the National Lawyers’ Guild and the Center for Constitutional Rights, we wanted to reissue this information for our community.

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Radhika Sainath's Op-Ed on Cancel Culture & Palestine

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Radhika Sainath's Op-Ed on Cancel Culture & Palestine

Senior staff attorney Radhika Sainath published an op-ed in Jacobin on how cancel culture intersects with "the Palestine Exception to free speech," a phenomenon that is magnified at this time of increasing censorship of advocacy for Palestinian rights:

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The Guardian on Backlash to Growing Campus Palestine Activism

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Michael Ratner Justice Fellow Amira Mattar was featured in a Guardian article addressing the backlash to the growing campus movement for Palestinian liberation.

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Media Roundup: Florida State's Anti-Palestinian Racism Against Ahmad Daraldik

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In April, Palestine Legal filed a civil rights complaint with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights demanding an immediate investigation into a hostile environment of anti-Palestinian racism at Florida State University. Ahmad’s story was featured in 972 Magazine, Inside Higher Education, Mondoweiss, and in an op-ed from Ahmad himself in The Nation.

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