University of Maryland Lawsuit - Press Conference

CAIR and advocacy organization, and Palestine Legal filed a lawsuit today on behalf of University of Maryland Students for Justice in Palestine to challenge the university’s decision to cancel the group’s interfaith vigil to honor the lives lost during Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.

The University of Maryland’s decision to cancel the event comes after it initially granted SJP permission to hold the vigil, which SJP planned to co-host with Jewish Voice for Peace at the University of Maryland. The University of Maryland canceled the vigil after overwhelming pressure from anti-Palestinian groups and has announced that only university-sponsored “expressive events” would be allowed on campus that day.