US EditionFreed Palestinian student accuses Columbia University of inciting violence
- Mohsen Mahdawi, a 34-year-old Palestinian student at Columbia University in New York, was released from a Vermont prison on April 30 after spending 16 days detained.
- His detention followed his leadership in anti-war protests at the university in 2023 and 2024, amid broader immigration arrests of college students since early in the Trump administration.
- Mahdawi accused Columbia University of inciting violence and undermining democracy by supporting Trump administration policies and punishing protesting students during campus unrest over the Israel-Hamas war.
- A judge found that Mahdawi presented a strong argument that his arrest was intended to suppress his freedom of expression, and permitted him to travel to New York to participate in his upcoming graduation, which he described as a symbol of hope and enlightenment through education.
- Mahdawi emphasized staying positive despite injustice and plans to attend graduation as a message that no power should take education away, reflecting ongoing community mobilization and functioning checks and balances.
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Freed Palestinian student accuses Columbia of inciting violence
A Palestinian student arrested as he was about to finalise his US citizenship accused Columbia University on Thursday of eroding democracy with its handling of campus protests against Israel's brutal war in the Gaza Strip. Mohsen Mahdawi, 34, who led anti-war protests at the Ivy League school in New York in 2023 and 2024, spent 16 days in a Vermont prison before a judge ordered him released on April 30. He spoke to The Associated Press on Thursd…
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Freed Palestinian student accuses Columbia University of inciting violence
A Palestinian student arrested as he was about to finalize his U.S. citizenship is accusing Columbia University of eroding democracy with its handling of protests against the Israel-Hamas war.
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