Palestine Legal and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the University of Maryland after the school canceled an Oct. 7 vigil that a student group planned for those killed in Gaza since the war began after Hamas’s terror attack against Israel a year earlier. 



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Groups sue after University of Maryland cancels vigil for Gaza on Oct. 7

Pro-Palestinian students have filed a free-speech lawsuit against the University of Maryland for nixing their plans to hold a vigil honoring "the lives lost during Israel's ongoing genocide" on Oct. 7, the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israeli civilians.

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Students for Justice in Palestine sues to hold Oct. 7 'vigil' at University of Maryland

The Council on American-Islamic Relations and Palestine Legal filed a lawsuit over the cancellation of an Oct. 7 vigil at the University of Maryland.

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Jeff Bezos

University of Maryland sued over canceled Oct. 7 Gaza vigil

Palestine Legal and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the University of Maryland after the school canceled an Oct. 7 vigil that a student group planned for those killed in Gaza since the war began after Hamas’s terror attack against Israel a year earlier.  The school announced at the beginning…

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A pro-Palestinian student group has accused the University of Maryland in College Park of violating students’ First Amendment rights by canceling a vigil planned for Oct. 7 to mourn the people who have died in the Gaza Strip over the past year.

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University of Maryland Sued over Canceled Oct. 7 Gaza Vigil

Citing First Amendment violations, CAIR and Palestine Legal go to bat with UMD after campus officials quash anti-Israel groups' plan for a 'joint vigil' on Hamas attack anniversary

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Pro-Palestinian legal groups sue U of Maryland over blanket ban on October 7 events

The University of Maryland’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine filed a federal lawsuit against the school Tuesday after the organization’s approval to hold a vigil on Oct. 7 was revoked. Palestine Legal and the Council on American-Islamic Relations sued on behalf of the student group in U.S. District Court against the University System of Maryland’s Board of Regents, the University of Maryland, College Park and UMD President Darryll P…

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Student group sues University of Maryland over decision to cancel Oct. 7 vigil

A First Amendment lawsuit has been filed in federal court to challenge the University of Maryland's decision to cancel a vigil on Oct. 7, the anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza. The Students for Justice in Palestine group planned the vigil to mourn...

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University Sued Over Canceled Oct. 7 Vigil

University of Maryland Students for Justice in Palestine, a student group on the College Park campus, filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the decision from the university and the University System of Maryland decision to cancel a vigil scheduled for Oct. 7.

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Students sue University of Maryland over canceled Gaza vigil

The administration building on the University of Maryland College Park campus. File photo.University of Maryland student activists on Tuesday made good on their threat to sue the university after administrators blocked demonstrations on campus planned for the Oct. 7 anniversary of the bloody Hamas attack on Israel, which has led to a wider war in Gaza. The group University of Maryland Students for Justice in Palestine filed the lawsuit in U.S. D…

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Student activists sue UMD over decision to cancel Oct. 7 rally

Pro-Palestinian students have filed a free-speech lawsuit against the University of Maryland for nixing their plans to hold a vigil honoring “the lives lost during Israel’s ongoing genocide” on Oct. 7, the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israeli civilians. The Students for Justice in Palestine chapter at Maryland argued that the university violated […] The post Students for Justice in Palestine sues to hold Oct. 7 ‘vigil’ at Universi…

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Groups sue after University of Maryland cancels vigil for Gaza on Oct. 7

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