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Students disrupt Columbia commencement with chants for Mahmoud Khalil

Students disrupt Columbia commencement with chants for Mahmoud Khalil / Anadolu Agency

May 20, 2025

Students at Columbia University in New York chanted "Free Mahmoud" in support of detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil and booed the university's president Claire Shipman during her commencement address on May 20.

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