Meghnad Bose
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NEW: Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student at Columbia University who was arrested and attempted to be deported by the Trump administration, receives his degree during a commencement ceremony at the university this morning. Mahdawi, wearing a keffiyeh, bowed to the cheering crowd and thanked them. He is currently out on bail, after a federal judge likened his arrest to McCarthy-era crackdowns. Drop Site
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VIDEO: At the commencement ceremony for Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) where Mahmoud Khalil was supposed to graduate today, student speaker Felix Wang notes Khalil’s absence, “A classmate who should be graduating with us today…I cannot stand up here without acknowledging the absence of Mahmoud Khalil, whose unlawful detainment prevents him from walking across the stage today.” Many in the gathering, including several of Khalil’s friends and classmates, cheer loudly for the detained Palestinian student. Drop Site
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In a stinging rebuke of Columbia University’s lack of support for him, Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia graduate who was arrested by immigration agents from inside his university housing building in March, says that the Columbia administration hasn’t cared to call, that he wasn't surprised by them not writing a letter of support in his case, and that they even refused permission for a rally to welcome him at the university gates today. Columbia has not provided a letter of support for Khalil in court, unlike Tufts University, which did that for their student Rümeysa Öztürk. "Maybe if there was a financial gain from doing that, they (Columbia) would have done it. This is what Columbia cares about - they care about their money," says Khalil in response to my question. Drop Site
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"Who is Mahmoud Khalil?", the recently released Palestinian activist asks protesters at the first rally he is addressing since his release. Khalil says, "Who is Mahmoud Khalil? Mahmoud Khalil is a human rights defender, a freedom fighter, a refugee, a father, a husband and above all, Mahmoud Khalil is Palestinian. A Palestinian who refused to remain silent while watching a genocide in Palestine, committed by the genocidal state of Israel, funded by the US government, invested (in) by Columbia University." Drop Site
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NEW: More than 60 faculty members of Columbia University hold a silent demonstration with placards of Mahmoud Khalil, Badar Khan Suri, Ranjani Srinivasan and Alireza Doroudi. The faculty protest today was in solidarity with students being targeted by the Trump administration. Khalil and Khan Suri are still in federal immigration custody, Srinivasan has left the country after the Trump administration revoked her status, and Doroudi has chosen to leave the country after spending more than 40 days in federal custody. Mohsen Mahdawi and Rümeysa Öztürk have recently been released from custody on bail after court orders to do so. Drop Site
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VIDEO: "This won’t be a normal graduation speech, but it would be a disservice to all of you if I pretended that these were normal times." Maryam Alwan (maryam alwan🇵🇸🇸🇾), a Palestinian-American graduating student of Columbia University's Class of 2025, delivers a poignant speech at a ceremony to celebrate Arab students graduating from Columbia this year. Watch, and read, excerpts from Alwan's graduation speech here: "I can't help but think about our fellow graduate Mahmoud Khalil who should be holding this microphone instead of undergoing two months of political imprisonment in Louisiana." "I can't help but think about every Palestinian senior in Gaza whose universities were all destroyed over one year ago." "In witnessing a genocide unfold on our screens for over 500 days, we were forced to reckon with humanity’s capacity for cruelty. And we stood against it." "We are not just graduates. We are living proof that even in a system designed to suppress us, we built something unbreakable."
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Mahmoud Khalil upon his return: “The genocide is still happening in Gaza…the US government is funding this genocide and Columbia University is investing in this genocide. This is why I was protesting, and why I will continue to protest with every one of you…not only if they threaten me with detention, even if they would kill me, I will still speak up for Palestine.” Watch the full video here. Drop Site
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BREAKING: Soon after NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander’s arrest by masked federal agents, huge show of solidarity by several fellow mayoral candidates outside Federal Plaza, where Lander was arrested today. Zohran Mamdani, Adrienne Adams, Michael Blake and Scott Stringer have each gathered here, Andrew Cuomo hasn’t so far. Documented
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VIDEO: Mohsen Mahdawi speaks at a protest right outside Columbia for the first time since he was released from detention, says the university has failed Mahmoud Khalil and him. Watch his speech here. Mahdawi graduated earlier today. Khalil is still in detention. Drop Site
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