Targeted for participating in pro-Palestine protests at Columbia, Khalil says his case is ‘test for everyone’s rights’.
Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil have asked appeals judges in the United States to keep in place a lower court’s order that freed the Palestine solidarity activist from immigration detention.
Khalil – whom the US government is trying to deport over his activism at Columbia University last year – told supporters outside the courtroom in Philadelphia after the hearing on Tuesday that his case is proving to be a “test for everyone’s rights”.
He suggested that there “is no immediate ri
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