In Michigan, Attorney General Dana Nessel on Monday dismissed charges against seven Gaza solidarity protesters at the University of Michigan’s encampment. The Guardian newspaper last year exposed Nessel’s close personal, financial and political ties to the University of Michigan’s Board of Regents, which had been calling for prosecution of campus protesters. This is Amir Makled, the students’ attorney.

Amir Makled: “This was not about trespass. This was not about a felony conduct. This was the criminalization of free speech. And today, the state of Michigan agrees that you still have the right to speak up. And today, we want to remember that this is not the end. There are still students across the country that are facing this persecution. There is still a genocide that is happening in Palestine. And we should never forget that today we still get to stand firm and say, 'Free Palestine!'”