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'The former international head of Doctors Without Borders is speaking out after #NewYorkUniversity canceled her presentation, saying some of her slides could be viewed as “anti-governmental” and “antisemitic” because they mentioned the #Trump administration’s cuts to foreign aid and deaths of humanitarian workers in #Israel’s war on #Gaza.'

“We Are Killing the Essence of What the University Is”: Dr. #JoanneLiu on #NYU Canceling Her Talk

democracynow.org/2025/4/1/joan

#Palestine #USpol @palestine

Democracy Now! · “We Are Killing the Essence of What the University Is”: Dr. Joanne Liu on <span class="caps">NYU</span> Canceling Her TalkBy Democracy Now!

#NYU #USAID #DrJoanneLiu
The former international head of Doctors Without Borders says she was left “stunned” after [NYU] canceled her presentation because some of her slides discussing cuts at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) could be viewed as “anti-governmental”.

NYU canceled talk on USAID cuts for being ‘anti-governmental’, doctor says
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

The Guardian · NYU canceled talk on USAID cuts for being ‘anti-governmental’, doctor saysBy Anna Betts

Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation

A couple of the slides in her presentation touched on the casualties in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas war as well as the cuts at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Liu said she was told the slides about Gaza “could be perceived as antisemitic” while the USAID section might be perceived as “anti governmental.”

#fear #DoNotObeyInAdvance #NYU #Gaza #Colombia

ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/cl

Doctors Without Borders International President Joanne Liu leaving the Commission Berlaymont building after meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels on Thursday, July 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
CTVNews · ‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentationA Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.

Joanne Liu, Québécoise and former president of #MSF had her talk cancelled at New York University because one of her slides showed how many humanitarian aid workers died in Gaza and also showed it was the deadliest place for aid workers in 2024.

Apparently it is antisemitic to show this data (that's what they told her)

I've only seen the news in Francophone medias so far

ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2

Joanne Liu marche dans une rue de Bruxelles.
Radio-CanadaUne conférence de la Dre Joanne Liu annulée par NYUL'université de New York allègue que son contenu peut être perçu comme antisémite, mais Joanne Liu croit que NYU craint en fait de déplaire à Donald Trump.

« Elle me dit que le président du département craint que ma présentation ne soit perçue comme antisémite, car on y trouve un tableau tiré de l’Aid Worker Security Database qui démontre qu’un des lieux où il y a eu le plus de victimes humanitaires en 2024 était la bande de #Gaza. »

Dre #JoanneLiu : « Ma présentation a été annulée par l’#UniversitéDeNewYork »

ledevoir.com/opinion/idees/860

#NYU #USpol #politiqueAméricaine #censure #Palestine @palestine

Le Devoir · Ma présentation a été annulée par l’Université de New YorkMon «alma mater» a préféré jouer de surobéissance préventive pour ne pas froisser le gouvernement Trump.

American Association of University Professors [#AAUP] v. #Rubio

A case challenging the #Trump administration’s policy of ideological deportation.

"On March 25, 2025, the Knight Institute filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s policy of arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizen students and faculty who participate in pro-Palestinian activism. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), AAUP’s #Harvard, #NYU, and #Rutgers campus chapters, and the #MiddleEastStudies Association, argues that the policy chills noncitizens from speaking and, by extension, robs these organizations and their U.S. citizen members of noncitizens’ perspectives on a matter of significant public debate.

"The lawsuit responds to a climate of repression and fear on university campuses. Federal agencies are attempting to deport multiple individuals for their #ProPalestinian advocacy, including #MahmoudKhalil, a leader of protests at Columbia University. These actions have sent chills through the community of noncitizen students and faculty on campuses around the country, causing some to pull out of academic conferences, stay home from #protests, and withdraw from other forms of public advocacy and engagement.

"The lawsuit alleges that the administration’s policy of ideological deportation violates the First Amendment right of the plaintiffs to hear from and associate with noncitizen students and faculty, that it is unconstitutionally vague, and that it violates the Administrative Procedure Act. The suit seeks a court order declaring that the policy is unlawful and enjoining the federal government from enforcing it."

Status: Complaint filed on March 25, 2025.

Case Information: American Association of University Professors v. Rubio, No. 1:25-cv-10685 (D.Mass).

knightcolumbia.org/cases/aaup-
#YunseoChung #RightToProtest #SilencingDissent #USPol #CharacteristicsOfFascism #law
#immigration #FreeSpeech #MarcoRubio #Trump #FreedomOfAssembly #Authoritarianism #Palestine #CriminalizingDissent #HigherEducation

American Association of University Professors v. Rubio
Knight First Amendment InstituteAmerican Association of University Professors v. Rubio

Looks like the American Association of University Professors agrees with me!

#AAUP, Allies Sue over #Trump Policy of Arresting and Threatening to Deport #Students and #Faculty for #LawfulSpeech

"The national AAUP; chapters at #Harvard, #Rutgers, and #NYU; and the #MiddleEastStudies Association today filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members who participate in #ProPalestinian #protests and other protected #FirstAmendment activities.

"We believe that the administration’s ideological-deportation policy violates the First Amendment by targeting constitutionally protected speech that Americans have a right to hear and engage with. The policy has created a climate of fear and repression on campuses around the country. We are represented in the case by the #KnightFirstAmendmentInstitute at #ColumbiaUniversity, #AhilanArulanantham, and Zimmer, Citron & Clarke LLP.

"Following executive orders issued by President Trump in January, the federal agencies that enforce immigration laws have arrested and detained several people associated with U.S. colleges and universities, including a legal permanent resident, on the basis of constitutionally protected speech and association.

"Today’s filing argues that the ideological-deportation policy has created a climate of #repression and intense fear on university #campuses, 'terrorizing students and faculty for their exercise of First Amendment rights in the past, intimidating them from exercising those rights now, and silencing political viewpoints that the government disfavors.'

"'The Trump administration is going after international #scholars and students who speak their minds about #Palestine, but make no mistake: they won't stop there. They'll come next for those who teach the history of #slavery or who provide #GenderAffirming health care or who research #ClimateChange or who counsel students about their reproductive choices. We all have to draw a line together—as the old labor movement slogan says: an injury to one is an injury to all,' says AAUP President Todd Wolfson.

"'The First Amendment means the government can’t arrest, detain, or deport people for lawful political expression—it’s as simple as that. This practice is one we’d ordinarily associate with the most repressive political regimes, and it should have no place in our democracy,' says #JameelJaffer, executive director at the Knight First Amendment Institute."

Source:
aaup.org/news/aaup-allies-sue-
#RightToProtest #SilencingDissent #USPol #CharacteristicsOfFascism #law
#immigration #FreeSpeech #MarcoRubio #Trump #FreedomOfAssembly #Authoritarianism #Palestine #CriminalizingDissent #HigherEducation

AAUP · AAUP, Allies Sue over Trump Policy of Arresting and Threatening to Deport Students and Faculty for Lawful SpeechThe national AAUP; chapters at Harvard, Rutgers, and NYU; and the Middle East Studies Association today filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members who participate in pro-Palestinian protests and other protected First Amendment activities.