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British Medical Association cancels Gaza speech, sparking protests
The British Medical Association (BMA) has cancelled a lecture on Gaza by Dr Ang Swee Chai, co-founder of Medical Aid for Palestine, which she was set to give at its annual Medical Students’ Conference.
The BMA has not provided a reason for the cancellation. The move has led to protests in London, with demonstrators condemning the move as silencing medical voices speaking out on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Detained student Mahmoud Khalil says Columbia laid groundwork for his ‘abduction’
In a letter published in student newspaper the Columbia Daily Spectator, Khalil accused the Columbia University administration of laying “the groundwork for my abduction” and implored his peers not to “abdicate their responsibility to resist repression”.
“Columbia has suppressed student dissent under the auspices of combating antisemitism,” said Khalil, who was arrested by immigration authorities in March for his role in pro-Palestine protests and is now being detained at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center.
“Anyone who has truly engaged with the movement knows that claims that its goals and purpose are rooted in antisemitism are mere fabrication,” he added.
Khalil said the crackdown by US immigration authorities on foreign students involved in pro-Palestine campus protests is “oddly reminiscent of when I fled the brutality of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria”.
“To the students who remain apathetic to Columbia’s disregard for human life and its willingness to discard student safety: As pressure from the federal government intensifies, know that your neutrality on Palestine will not protect you,” he said.
People attend a protest in support of Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil while a hearing takes place at a court in Newark, New Jersey, on March 28
