Will Ohio Voters Buy Republicans' Pitch? Plus: Gun laws in Oregon, Mamdani's free-daycare expansion, vibrators and selfishness, and more... Reason · Oct 20
Activist Mahmoud Khalil asks Supreme Court to let US judges quickly reverse immigration detentions Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil has asked the Supreme Court to let federal judges quickly decide the legality of immigration-related detentions so individuals are not held for months or years without judicial oversight The Independent UK · Oct 19
Mahmoud Khalil asks US supreme court to review his deportation case A ruling against Khalil could impact the rights of immigrants to challenge their detention in federal court The Guardian - US · Oct 19
‘Brown men are fearless, funny and sexy’: Salman Toor on clubbing, queerness and New York’s Muslim moment Toor’s electrifying pictures have made him a global star – and he’s even painted Zohran Mamdani. As the artist hits London’s prestigious Courtauld Gallery, he talks about Manet, mullahs and the mayor The Guardian - UK · Sep 21
No Land to Stand On by Mahmoud Khalil review – a searing account of political imprisonment The Palestinian Columbia student snatched by ICE writes about his Kafkaesque ordeal with a quiet fury The Guardian - UK · Sep 18
Mahmoud Khalil says Columbia University failed to protect activists in new lawsuit IN FULL The Independent UK · Sep 14
Mahmoud Khalil sues Columbia University over years of alleged anti-Palestinian discrimination Lawsuit accuses university of ‘deliberate indifference’ and failure to respond to ‘persistent and coordinated harassment’ The Guardian - US · Sep 14
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil sues Columbia University Khalil spent 104 days in a Louisiana immigration facility, missing the birth of his first child, until a federal judge in New Jersey ordered his release The Independent UK · Sep 14
Mahmoud Khalil lawsuit says Columbia failed to protect pro-Palestinian activists Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is suing Columbia University, alleging it failed to address harassment against him and other members of a pro-Palestinian campus group The Independent UK · Sep 14
From free speech to religion and press - US courts find Trump admin violated rights in 75 rulings Federal judges have ruled against Donald Trump’s second-term administration in 75 First Amendment cases, finding that it infringed speech, religion and press freedoms despite his pledge to end 'government censorship'. The Times of India · Aug 5
ICE is crawling social media to find its critics, investigation reveals The Department of Homeland Security has allegedly sent ‘hundreds’ of subpoenas to social media companies about users’ posts The Independent UK · Aug 5
Army Veteran Denied Bail After Firebombing Manhattan Federal Building That Houses ICE Army veteran held without bail after allegedly firebombing NYC's 26 Federal Plaza; three hurt, arson charge carries up to 40 years. Latin Times · Jul 25
US appeals court rejects Trump bid to redetain Georgetown scholar arrested by ICE Outcome for Badar Khan Suri contradicts rulings in similar cases concerning pro-Palestinian speech, teeing up a potential supreme court review The Guardian - US · Jul 24
US appeals court overturns ruling that freed Columbia activist Mohsen Mahdawi The ruling echoes a similar decision earlier this year against Mahmoud Khalil, a former classmate of Mahdawi’s at Columbia University The Independent UK · Jul 21
The Guardian - US · Jul 14 Mahmoud Khalil sues Trump officials and pro-Israel groups over ‘conspiracy’ to target him Lawsuit alleges administration coordinated with online surveillance groups to ‘criminalize solidarity with Palestine’
France 24 · Jul 14 Mahmoud Khalil files lawsuit accusing Trump officials, pro-Israel groups of conspiracy Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University student who became the face of the Trump administration's crackdown on Palestinian rights demonstrators, filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday. The lawsuit alleges senior Trump administration officials, pro-Israel group the Heritage Foundation and online surveillance groups Canary Mission and Betar conspired against him.
The Independent UK · Jun 15 Stanford students walk out of Sundar Pichai’s commencement speech amid Google’s Israel-linked Project Nimbus Some students could be heard chanting ‘free, free Palestine’ as they left the commencement speech
The Guardian - UK · Jun 8 Those who championed free speech in the UK and US now wage war on it. And here’s why: Palestine It was once an article of faith that even those who speak words we disagree with deserve protection. As regards Palestine, that’s now not true, says Mehdi Hasan, editor-in-chief and CEO of Zeteo
Reason · May 29 Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal Fabricated evidence, terminated grants, and taxes on jets.
The Independent UK · May 27 Court gives Mahmoud Khalil more time to fight Trump administration’s efforts to deport him A federal appeals court is giving former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil more time to fight the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him
The Guardian - US · May 26 Appeals court temporarily blocks re-detention of Mahmoud Khalil Decision gives Khalil, 31, temporary reprieve as his legal team prepares to petition his case to the supreme court
The Independent UK · May 22 Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil wants Supreme Court to weigh in on deportation fight Former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil's lawyers say they'll ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after a federal appeals court declined to reconsider a decision that put the government a step closer to deporting him
The Guardian - US · May 22 Mahmoud Khalil’s attorneys to turn to US supreme court after ruling paves way for deportation Move comes after federal appeals court upholds ruling that opens door for government to detain and deport Khalil
The Guardian - US · May 11 Mahmoud Khalil’s lawyer calls immigration case a ‘sham’ after revelation it was fast-tracked by DoJ Palestinian activist is awaiting another legal decision on a separate track in a narrowing effort to stay in the US
The Guardian - US · Apr 21 Requests for US legal aid linked to Palestine activism far surpass pre-2023 levels Civil rights group logs 300% yearly rise from before war and says ‘authoritarian repression … went into overdrive’