The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights initiated an official investigation into UCLA following a complaint from MPAC regarding the unprecedented attack on the pro-Palestinian student encampment by pro-Zionist instigators. The apparent dereliction of responsibility by UCLA resulted in the failure to protect the physical safety and rights of peaceful student protestors raising awareness about the humanitarian crisis and ongoing genocide in Gaza.
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Last night, a group of pro-Israeli agitators arrived on UCLA campus and violently attacked student protestors. The assailants used pepper spray, tear gas, bear mace, bludgeons, and more to afflict severe injuries. Al-Talib Newsmagazine and the Muslim Public Affairs Council jointly condemn the violence that occurred at the hands of Zionist demonstrators and the neglect of UCLA officials to protect students and their constitutional right to free assembly.
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The Muslim Public Affairs Council calls on the people of conscience, including faculty and leaders, to oppose threats to deploy the National Guard on the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University, whose aim is to push back against the university’s continued financial investment in corporations that profit from Israeli apartheid, genocide, and occupation in Palestine.
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Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | May 9, 2024 — The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) took action on May 3rd by sending a letter to the Education Secretary Cardona and Assistant Secretary Lhamon at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (ED), calling for an investigation into the
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