In Atlanta, Georgia, Palestinian American medical student Umaymah Mohammad has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit accusing Emory University of unlawfully suspending her over her remarks about Israel and Gaza. Mohammad’s lawsuit alleges the disciplinary proceedings that led to her suspension began after she appeared on Democracy Now! in April of last year and made remarks critical of Emory and its crackdown on protests in support of Palestinian rights.

Umaymah Mohammad: “We have repeatedly organized peacefully to put pressure on our institutions, especially at Emory, to stop harassing and doxxing students and to stop repressing speech around Palestine and to divest from the Israeli apartheid state. And every single time, Emory shuts us down. Every single time, they crack down, and they punish students. Every single time, they silence our voices.”

Meanwhile, the University of Maryland has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by students who say they were denied their right to free speech during a crackdown on campus protests opposing Israel’s siege of Gaza.