Students in the U.S. and around the world are being surveilled, detained, deported, silenced, and targeted just for speaking out on human rights issues, with those advocating for Palestinian rights facing some of the most intense and coordinated repression. Students defending refugee and migrants’ rights are also being punished, revealing a dangerous global pattern that threatens freedom of expression, dissent, and peaceful protest for everyone.

Join us for a powerful conversation with Mahmoud Khalil, alongside Amnesty experts and student organizers from the US, Kenya, and the UK, on how governments, businesses, and even educational institutions are unlawfully targeting students for exercising their rights to free expression and peaceful protest, and how young people are defending their rights — everyone's rights — through collective power and transnational solidarity.

Together, we can expose abuses, hold power to account, and strengthen a global movement rooted in dignity, courage, and collective action

Speakers:

Mahmoud Khalil: A recent Palestinian graduate of Columbia University, detained unlawfully by the Trump administration for over 100 days in ICE detention
Hajira Maryam: Lead Advisor on AI and Strategic Communications at Amnesty International
Collins Godia: Acting Chairperson of the Amnesty Africa Nazarene University Chapter in Nairobi, Kenya
Moderated by Krupali Kumar, Co-President of the Amnesty Chapter at Harvard University