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Three Students Sue Columbia After Their Suspension for Palestinian Rights Activism

HeadlineFeb 04, 2025

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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