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Free activist Mahmoud Khalil

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To U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio:

We call on you to immediately halt the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, restore his residency, and end the targeting of activists for their political beliefs.
We demand that you uphold the fundamental rights of free speech and peaceful protest in the United States—not weaponise immigration laws to silence dissent.
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Free activist Mahmoud Khalil
They took him in the dead of night. Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student, was arrested in front of his pregnant wife, disappeared for 48 hours, and now Marco Rubio’s State Department is trying to strip him of his residency and deport him for protesting against genocide.

This is how repression takes hold. One voice silenced. One family shattered. A precedent set.

Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, built his career condemning dictators who crushed dissent. Now, he’s using the same brutal tactics—ripping a man from his family, criminalising protest, and sending a chilling message that no one is safe.

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