Mahmoud Khalil Columbia University lawsuit 2026
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Suri's wife is the daughter of Ahmed Yousef, a former adviser to assassinated Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh.
Badar Khan Suri was arrested by ICE officers outside his home in Rosslyn, Virginia, in March 2025.
Suri was freed in May 2025 on the orders of a district court judge on the grounds that he was likely to succeed in proving his arrest was in retaliation for his constitutionally protected speech.
Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil sues Columbia University
The lawsuit is being brought in collaboration with the Palestine Working Group (PWG), a student organization at Columbia University.
Mahmoud Khalil is suing Columbia University and a dean for institutional racism against Palestinian students.
Khalil and the PWG are asking for their suspensions to be lifted, for damages to be paid, for the university to be prevented from taking future discriminatory actions, and for Khalil to be allowed access to the campus again.
Mahmoud Khalil files discrimination lawsuit against Columbia University
Mahmoud Khalil is a Pro-Palestinian activist and former Columbia University student.
Mahmoud Khalil is filing a lawsuit against Columbia University and a dean.
Mahmoud Khalil alleges ‘institutionalised racism’ against Palestinian students.
Mahmoud Khalil sues Columbia University over anti-Palestinian discrimination
The complaint is 60 pages long.
On March 7, 2025, Khalil emailed Columbia's then interim president Katrina Armstrong and other administrators urging action to protect international students.
Mahmoud Khalil missed the birth of his first son while in detention.
“Defendants' deliberate indifference towards this harassment enabled the coordinated, persistent doxxing of multiple PWG members and directly led to Mr. Khalil's March 8, 2025, illegal detainment and attempted deportation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,”