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Last year, Columbia became a leader in the pro-Palestinian student movement. [Brooke Anderson/TNA]
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'A sad day for free speech': Columbia tightens protest rules

The new rules include a ban on face masks, requiring an id for demonstrations, and the hiring of dozens of new officers who can remove or arrest students.

Brooke Anderson
22 March, 2025
Demonstrators gather outside United States Federal Court House in New York City to show support for pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil and demand his immediate release from ICE detention. New York, U.S., March 12, 2025.
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US: Protests erupt over Mahmoud Khalil detention without charge

Brooke Anderson
15 March, 2025
Abdelmoumni was imprisoned over a post he shared on social media relating to Morocco's use of Israeli Pegasus spyware to spy on France
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Morocco activist gets six-month sentence for online post: lawyer

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 March, 2025
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US judge restores Maryland students' right to 7 October vigil

Brooke Anderson
02 October, 2024
About a hundred pro-Palestinian protesters gather in Bonn, Germany, on September 28, 2024, and protest against Israel's attack in Lebanon, demanding a ceasefire and an end to arming Israel. (Photo by Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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'From the River to the Sea' posts may deny German citizenship

Assiah Hamed
01 October, 2024
Pro-Palestinean demonstration at Columbia University
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As US university classes resume, so do concerns for free speech

Brooke Anderson
06 September, 2024
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Meta rules 'from the river to the sea' is not hate speech

The New Arab Staff
05 September, 2024
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EU 'concerned' by Tunisia arrests of civil society figures

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 May, 2024
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USC cancels US filmmaker speech after valedictorian Gaza row

The New Arab Staff
20 April, 2024
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USC's cancellation of valedictorian's speech 'empowers hate'

Brooke Anderson
19 April, 2024
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US TikTok ban is an attack on Palestinian digital rights

Eric Sype

Eric Sype

04 April, 2024
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Tunisia: Al Jazeera journalist arrested, bureau chief says

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 January, 2024
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Tunisia
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Tunisian journalist detained after criticising minister

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 January, 2024
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Israel, US campuses, and the fragility of the coloniser

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Arun Kundnani

18 December, 2023
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The US campus crackdown on pro-Palestine activism

Brooke Anderson
14 December, 2023
Trump cancels $400m in funds to Columbia over ‘failure to protect students from antisemitism’
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US academics self-censor over Israel-Palestine issues

The New Arab Staff
06 December, 2023
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Over 1,300 artists condemn censoring pro-Palestine voices

The New Arab Staff
01 December, 2023
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In France, freedom of speech flouted and repressed

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Laurent Bonnefoy

20 November, 2023
Kais Saied
Tunisia
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Tunisia frees cartoonist after arrest for mocking PM

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 September, 2023
Erasing Palestine: Free Speech and Palestinian Freedom
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How IHRA weaponization puts Palestinian freedom in chokehold

Ramona Wadi

Ramona Wadi

13 September, 2023
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Another US academic boycott win for Palestine solidarity

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T.R.Abu El-Haj & I.Feldman & F.Adely

01 September, 2023