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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Susan Akram, director of the International Human Rights Clinic at Boston University. Akram speaks about how her upbringing impacts her work today and the importance of human rights law. COURTESY OF SUSAN AKRAM

School of Law director advocates for Palestinian refugee rights

Sara Sugita April 10, 2024
Susan Akram, director of the International Human Rights Clinic at the Boston University School of Law, said she saw generational trauma firsthand. Akram started teaching at BU in 1993, where she now supervises students representing international non-governmental organizations at the International Human Rights Clinic, IHRC.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Biden stands with Israel, increasing the risk of a Cold War II | Not to Get Political But

Lauren Albano October 30, 2023
Biden's strong pro-Israel stance on the most recent conflict, which stands in stark contrast with most of the rest of the world including the U.S.'s biggest rivals Russia and China, is reminiscent of the Cold War era proxy-wars and could even threaten the beginning of World War III.
People listen to the Palestinian vigil at BU Beach on Wednesday. About 200 people were present. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU Students for Justice in Palestine host solidarity vigil after Israel’s retaliatory attacks

Katrina Scalise October 20, 2023
200 students attended Boston University Students for Justice in Palestine solidarity vigil at the BU Beach Wednesday night with Palestinian flags, flowers and candles, in response to Israel’s deadly retaliatory strikes on Gaza.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

On posting your politics | On the Record

Addison Schmidt October 18, 2023
This day and age, everyone is expected to post their politics on social media whenever there's a major event, but this often oversimplify complex situations and serves as a poor substitute for real activism.
A protester displays a “Free Palestine” sign at a demonstration in front of the Boston Public Library. Hundreds of people gathered in Copley Square on Monday to show support for Palestinians amidst ongoing violence in the Middle East. JIASHAN ZHENG/ DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Several hundred gather at Copley Square to show support for Palestine amid growing international crisis

Adithya Iyer October 17, 2023
Several hundred people gathered at a rally at Copley Square on Monday in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and to raise awareness for Palestinian civilians currently caught in the crossfire of violence in the Middle East.
Gov. Maura Healey, Sen. Ed Markey, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and Mayor Michelle Wu in Boston Common on Monday. Massachusetts-elected officials gathered alongside members and allies of the Jewish community to show support for Israel following the Hamas attacks earlier this week. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Gov. Maura Healey, elected officials ‘stand with Israel’ amid attacks

Jennifer Lambert October 10, 2023
Thousands gathered in Boston Common to hear Massachusetts elected officials’ support for Israel on Monday, two days after Hamas launched an unprecedented attack that has killed more than 1,000 people. 
NEMINSKI: We must stand with Israel

NEMINSKI: We must stand with Israel

Mike Neminski November 20, 2014

The acts of terror in Israel Tuesday, in which five people — four of them rabbis and one a police officer — were murdered by two Palestinians in an attack on a West Jerusalem synagogue, have been the...

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