Statement by GW Student Leader of Palestine Group Facing Racist Charges

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Statement by GW Student Leader of Palestine Group Facing Racist Charges

We are sharing this statement from our client, George Washington University sophomore and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) president Lance Lokas, who was forced to testify in two hearings last Friday, December 2 after he and SJP were falsely charged with damaging a concrete bench outside of Hillel. Lance and SJP believe this is racist retaliation for a postering campaign critical of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.

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Civil Rights Attorneys Urge GW to Drop Racist Charges against Palestine Group and its Student Leader

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Civil Rights Attorneys Urge GW to Drop Racist Charges against Palestine Group and its Student Leader

George Washington University is bringing disciplinary charges against GW Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and its student president for protesting an event held on campus featuring Doron Tenne, a former senior intelligence official in the Israeli military. The university initiated an investigation after pro-Israel students complained about the protest, and is now threatening SJP’s president with disciplinary probation. A conduct hearing on the matter is scheduled for this Friday.

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Palestine Legal Urges Dept. of Education to End Extreme Delay into First-Ever Anti-Palestinian Discrimination Complaint

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Palestine Legal Urges Dept. of Education to End Extreme Delay into First-Ever Anti-Palestinian Discrimination Complaint

Yesterday, Palestine Legal sent a letter urging the Department of Education to immediately open an investigation into Palestinian student Ahmad Daraldik’s civil rights complaint against Florida State University, which was filed over 19 months ago, on April 9, 2021.

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Media Roundup: Palestine Legal on pro-Palestine Berkeley Law students’ speech rights

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Media Roundup: Palestine Legal on pro-Palestine Berkeley Law students’ speech rights

Here is a media roundup on Palestine Legal’s support for Berkeley law students in defense of their free speech rights. Law students at the University of California at Berkeley continue to face threats and attacks because of their commitment not to host speakers who support Israeli apartheid.

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GW Closes Student Trauma Support Office After Year of Anti-Palestinian Retaliation (Updated)

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GW Closes Student Trauma Support Office After Year of Anti-Palestinian Retaliation (Updated)

After a year of retaliating against university staff for providing support to Palestinian students who were grieving Israeli state violence last spring, George Washington University is effectively shutting down an office that provides services for students experiencing trauma.

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Rights Groups Urge Court to Strike Down Unconstitutional Texas Law Targeting BDS Movement

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Rights Groups Urge Court to Strike Down Unconstitutional Texas Law Targeting BDS Movement

The Center for Constitutional Rights and Palestine Legal filed an amicus brief in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of a lawsuit seeking to strike down a Texas law that requires government contractors to pledge not to engage in boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns for Palestinian rights.

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Statement from Palestine Legal on Arkansas Anti-Boycott Ruling

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Statement from Palestine Legal on Arkansas Anti-Boycott Ruling

Today’s decision is an attack on our right to dissent from the status quo. In upholding Arkansas’ anti-BDS law, the court refused to confront the reality that these laws are part of an effort to shield Israel from accountability.

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