Letter protesting ongoing policy of arrests and detention of students in Palestinian universities
Letter to Israeli officials protesting the Israeli army and judiciary’s targeting of students at Palestinian universities in the West Bank.
Contact CAF
Middle East Studies Association of North America, Inc.
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- Omar Al-Kiswani
Arbitrary arrests of Birzeit University students
Letter to Israeli authorities condemning the continued harassment and arbitrary arrests of Palestinian university students by Israeli occupying forces. These arrests and campus incursions violate the right to education and academic freedom, and we call upon Israel to cease these attacks on Palestinian universities.
Israeli Arrests of Palestinian Students and Professors, Israeli Assaults on Palestinian Campuses
Letter condemning the arbitrary arrests and detention of Palestinian students and professors as well as the assaults on Palestinian universities. These measures are a clear violation of Palestinian academic freedom.
Israel’s Administrative Detention of Birzeit University Student
Letter to Israeli state authorities expressing alarm about Israel’s mistreatment and administrative detention of Omar al-Kiswani, president of the Birzeit University student council. CAF deplores Israel’s practice of administrative detention as well as the conditions under which al-Kiswani is being held. They violate international humanitarian law, al-Kiswani's right to education, and they disrupt the university’s learning environment.
Israel’s recent kidnapping of Birzeit University Student
Letter to Israeli authorities decrying their recent violent incursion onto Birzeit University and the arrest of Omar al-Kiswani, Palestinian, elected student council president.