Mahmoud Khalil renews devotion to Palestinian freedom at New York rally

<p>Activist condemns Columbia’s ‘shameful trustees’ but praises students’ courage after release from Ice detention</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/mahmoud-khalil">Mahmoud Khalil</a>, the Palestinian rights activist, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/20/mahmoud-khalil-release-federal-judge">freed from Ice detention</a> on Friday, returned to Columbia University on Sunday to renew his commitment to the cause of Palestinian freedom and opposition to both the university and the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a>.</p><p>Khalil arrived back in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/new-york">New York</a> on Saturday after being released from more than 100 days in detention in Louisiana by a federal judge who ruled that punishing someone over a civil immigration matter was unconstitutional and ordered his immediate release on bail.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/22/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-new-york-speech-rally">Continue reading...</a>