NYU Declares Two Professors Persona Non Grata for Joining Pro-Palestine Protests
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) described the PNG orders as tantamount to suspension and “part of a distressing pattern of repression of pro-Palestinian speech on college campuses”. | New York City (Quds News Network)- New York University has declared two professors “personae non gratae” for participating in pro-Palestine protests. The professors have accused the university of intensifying its suppression of pro-Palestinian speech under pressure from pro-Israel groups. ● According to The Guardian, NYU has barred the two tenured faculty members, Andrew Ross and Sonya Posmentier, from entering some buildings after they joined a sit-in at the library and other protests over two days last week to demand the university make public its investments in companies tied to Israel and close its campus in Tel Aviv. ● On the second day, they were arrested and charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct. ● According to The Guardian, the university also imposed PNG orders against students who took part in the protest as well as non-tenured faculty including Chenjerai Kumanyika, an assistant professor of journalism.
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