Columbia Students File Civil Rights Complaint After NYPD Arrests, National Guard Threat

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Columbia Students File Civil Rights Complaint After NYPD Arrests, National Guard Threat

Today, Palestine Legal filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), demanding an investigation into Columbia University’s discriminatory treatment of Palestinian students and their allies, including by inviting NYPD officers in riot gear — for the first time in decades — to arrest over a hundred students peacefully protesting Israel’s genocide last week. 

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University of Massachusetts Amherst Under Federal Investigation for Anti-Palestinian Hostile Environment

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University of Massachusetts Amherst Under Federal Investigation for Anti-Palestinian Hostile Environment

On April 16th, 2024, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that it has opened a formal investigation into Palestine Legal’s complaint against the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst alleging a hostile anti-Palestinian environment in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 

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Palestine Legal Statement on McCarthyist Congressional Hearing With Columbia University President

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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

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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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Radhika Sainath in Al Jazeera Fault Lines Documentary

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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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Statement by Arab American GW Student Organizer Facing Racist Charges and Intimidation

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Statement by Arab American GW Student Organizer Facing Racist Charges and Intimidation

Palestine Legal is sharing a statement from our client, Lance Lokas, an Arab American student organizer at George Washington University (GW) who has been repeatedly targeted by the university administration. On Friday, February 23rd, he was once again dragged before a disciplinary hearing, merely for participating in an on-campus event. Lance has already been placed on disciplinary probation and has been removed from leadership of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at GW in a blatant attempt to silence and discipline his speech and advocacy for Palestinian rights on campus. Now, GW SJP faces disbandment and Lance faces possible expulsion from the university.  

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Palestine Legal Joins Community and Civil Rights Groups to Demand an End to UCSF's Unlawful Practices

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Palestine Legal Joins Community and Civil Rights Groups to Demand an End to UCSF's Unlawful Practices

Palestine Legal joins eleven other community and civil rights organizations to demand that the University of California, San Francisco, end its discriminatory campaign of intimidating and silencing students, faculty, staff, and other members of the UCSF community who have spoken out against Israel’s genocidal attacks on Palestinians.

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