A federal judge has ruled that the legal battle over Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation should continue to play out in New Jersey, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to transfer the Columbia University protester’s case to Louisiana. In a written decision Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz in Newark said jurisdiction over the case should remain in…
It’s March 29, which the organizers of Tesla Takedown called a global day of action to protest and “stop” CEO Elon Musk peacefully. As it relates to Musk, what protestors want to stop are, or likely are, DOGE cuts. Musk is the de facto leader of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, which has…
CHP leader calls for former mayor’s release, denounces arrests of protesters in growing clashes over Turkish democracy. Hundreds of thousands of protesters in Turkiye’s Istanbul have taken to the streets again, rallying against the government’s decision to imprison the city’s popular mayor. The mass demonstration on Saturday was the latest in a wave of nationwide…
[Kennedy Felton] U.S. Senator Mark Kelly is on the growing list of high-profile Tesla defectors – including celebrities, elites, and political leaders. He joins people like actor Jason Bateman, who said last October he got rid of his Tesla because it feels like he was “driving around in a Trump sticker.” Singer Sheryl Crow also…
Citizens at the Tennessee State Capitol shut down a House committee meeting with nonstop chants of the Pledge of Allegiance. Their aim was to “draw attention to the American values lawmakers will betray if they deny education to any child simply because of where they were born.” The Banking and Consumer Affairs Committee was scheduled…
Australia voiced unease on Tuesday over anonymous letters reportedly offering hefty rewards for information on a Hong Kong activist now living in Melbourne. Australian citizen Kevin Yam, a lawyer and longtime Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, was targeted in letters that carried his photo and alleged national security offences. The letters, first reported in The Guardian…
NEW YORK — Handcuffed and shackled, Mahmoud Khalil was rushed from New York to Louisiana last weekend in a manner that left the outspoken Columbia University graduate student feeling like he was being kidnapped, his lawyers wrote in an updated lawsuit seeking his immediate release. The lawyers described in detail what happened to the Palestinian…
Free speech groups point out that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accused Khalil of leading “activities aligned with Hamas, a designated terrorist organization”. But analysts note that the department’s allegation falls short of more tangible claims. US law, for instance, prohibits anyone in the country’s jurisdiction from providing “material support” to terrorist organisations. The…
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Female students on Saturday marked International Women’s Day in Serbia by leading the daily street protests against corruption and sending a message decrying widespread violence against women in the Balkan country. University students in Serbia are behind almost daily rallies that started after a concrete canopy crashed down in November at…
The film about the lives of children in Gaza was removed after the BBC said it discovered the film’s 14-year-old narrator was the son of an official for Palestinian organisation Hamas. However, it may not be as simple as that… ADVERTISEMENT More than 800 artists and media personalities, including director Ken Loach, actor Riz Ahmed,…