March marks the one-year anniversary of Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest, a moment that kicked off a wave of suppression against the Palestine movement. Mondoweiss sat down with Khalil to discuss his case, the media attacks, and his ongoing fight for justice.
As an immigration judge orders her release for the third time, Leqaa Kordia’s team is moving quickly to release her before DHS imposes another stay. The Palestine activist is the last Columbia student protester to remain in ICE detention.
Mahmoud Khalil and his legal team vowed to fight Trump administration plans to deport the Palestinian activist to Algeria, calling the move “extreme punishment” for his pro-Palestinian speech.
Mahmoud Khalil is suing Trump to release communications between the administration and anti-Palestinian groups.
Immigration Judge Jamee Comans has ordered Mahmoud Khalil to be deported to either Syria or Algeria, in a move seen widely as retaliation for Khalil’s Palestine activism.
This past weekend, thousands gathered in Detroit for the second annual People’s Conference for Palestine. This year’s guiding principle: Gaza is the Compass.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and Boston Consulting Group helped design a plan to displace Palestinians under the guise of aid. But resistance to this violence is rising, from BDS to American classrooms.
Mahmoud Khalil is seeking $20 million in damages from the Trump administration, alleging that he was falsely imprisoned. Khalil says he would use the funds to assist others targeted by Trump’s crackdown.
“The wave of repression that the Trump administration initiated with my detention was intended to silence the movement for Palestinian liberation,” Mahmoud Khalil told a rally outside Columbia shortly after his release. “But they completely failed.”
A federal judge ordered Mahmoud Khalil to be released on bail. The former Columbia University student and Palestinian activist has been held by the Trump administration, in a Louisiana detention facility, since March.