Palestine Legal Statement on McCarthyist Congressional Hearing With Columbia University President

Palestine Legal Statement on McCarthyist Congressional Hearing With Columbia University President

Today, the President of Columbia, along with other university leaders, testified in Congress. The hearing evidenced the hostile anti-Palestinian environment at Columbia University perpetuated by university leadership and administration.

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Palestine Legal to Dep’t of Ed.: Investigate Anti-Palestinian Racism at Northwestern Law

Palestine Legal to Dep’t of Ed.: Investigate Anti-Palestinian Racism at Northwestern Law

Palestine Legal today announced the filing of a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) demanding an immediate investigation into the months-long, hostile anti-Palestinian environment at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Palestine Legal and UNC SJP Demand Investigation into Anti-Palestinian Racism

Palestine Legal and UNC SJP Demand Investigation into Anti-Palestinian Racism

On Friday, April 5, Palestine Legal filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) urging an immediate investigation into UNC-Chapel Hill’s systemic pattern of discriminatory treatment against Palestinian students and their allies. 

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Palestine Legal, CAIR-Georgia File Civil Rights Complaint Against Emory University for Hostile Anti-Palestinian and Islamophobic Environment

Palestine Legal, CAIR-Georgia File Civil Rights Complaint Against Emory University for Hostile Anti-Palestinian and Islamophobic Environment

Palestine Legal and the Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) today announced the filing of a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) demanding an immediate investigation into the hostile environment of anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab, and Islamophobic discrimination at Emory University. 

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Radhika Sainath in Al Jazeera Fault Lines Documentary

Radhika Sainath in Al Jazeera Fault Lines Documentary

A new, moving documentary by Fault Lines on “The Palestine Exception: The crackdown on Palestine advocacy on US campuses” premiered this week on Al Jazeera English featuring Palestine Legal staff and clients.

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Vanderbilt's Discriminatory Crackdown on Palestine Activism

Vanderbilt's Discriminatory Crackdown on Palestine Activism

Palestine Legal has sent a letter to Vanderbilt University after the administration unilaterally canceled a campuswide vote on a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) resolution set to take place this week.

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OSU Unconstitutionally Blocks Divestment Vote

OSU Unconstitutionally Blocks Divestment Vote

Today, Palestine Legal sent a letter to the Ohio State University (OSU) administration urging it to allow students to vote on a ballot initiative that would call on the university to divest from companies complicit in genocide.

In our letter to the university, we warn OSU against disparate treatment toward Palestinian students and put the university on notice to respect students’ civil and constitutional rights. 

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