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The criminalization of political speech and activism against Israel has become one of the gravest threats to free speech in the west. In France, activists have been arrested and prosecuted for...
Discrimination and free speech were strong buzzwords at a Massachusetts State House hearing Tuesday, where lawyers, legislators, faith leaders, and organizers testified both for and against a...
As reported Wednesday in numerous outlets , a group of 43 Democratic and Republican U.S. senators have teamed up to introduce a bill, drafted with the help of the American Israel Public Affairs...
Health care may be stalled, but Congress is still weighing plenty of terrible legislation. As The Intercept reports, bills in both houses would make it a literal felony for any American to support a...
On Tuesday, July 18, the elephant in the room at Gardner Auditorium of the Massachusetts State House had a giant coming-out party. The occasion was a hearing on “An Act to Prohibit Discrimination in...
CCR senior staff attorney Omar Farah will join a panel at the 2017 National Lawyers’ Guild #Law4thePeopleConvention that will explore recent ways in which Muslims have struggled to safeguard their...
Students at Fordham University are suing the university saying it’s violating its own laws and procedures by not allowing them to register a Students for Justice in Palestine club at the school’s...
Activists for Palestinian rights have long known of Israel’s efforts to criminalise the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, the global solidarity campaign that seeks to put pressure on...
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