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UN experts slam US arrests of pro-Palestinian students

Tuesday, Mar 18, 2025

Ag AFP

GENEVA: UN-appointed experts on Monday branded US authorities´ arrests of foreign students for pro-Palestinian protests on campus “disproportionate” and called for their rights to be respected.

US campuses including Columbia University in New York were rocked by student protests against Israel´s war in Gaza following the October 7, 2023 attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas, drawing accusations of anti-Semitism.

Immigration officers arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of protests at Columbia, on the weekend of March 9-10 after US President Donald Trump vowed to deport foreign pro-Palestinian student demonstrators.