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February 4, 2025

Three Students Sue Columbia After Their Suspension for Palestinian Rights Activism
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Here in New York, three Columbia University students filed a lawsuit
Monday against Columbia's administration after they were suspended last
year just ahead of graduation for taking part in peaceful campus
protests for Palestinian rights. This is one of the plaintiffs,
Catherine Curran-Groome.

Catherine Curran-Groome: "This all comes in response to Columbia's
repression against us, where they created sham disciplinary proceedings
to target and discriminate against us. And this led to the suspension
and, in my case, effective expulsion from the university. Today we stand
here saying that not only do we refuse to be intimidated by the
university, but we actively seek through this lawsuit to hold our
university accountable for their violation of our rights and for the
immeasurable harm that they have inflicted upon us and anti-Zionist
students like us who are simply struggling for Palestinian rights to
freedom and safety."

Click here to see our coverage of the Gaza solidarity protests at
Columbia and campuses across the country.


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