🤔Statement of Condemnation and Denunciation🤔

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

The University Student Forum at Yemeni Universities strongly condemns and denounces, in the harshest terms, the arbitrary arrest and impending deportation of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil, residing in the United States, due to his humanitarian stance and participation in peaceful protests in support of the Palestinian cause, and his clear rejection of the crimes committed by the occupation against his people and homeland.

The unjustified arrest of student Mahmoud Khalil by U.S. immigration authorities, under fabricated political pretexts, constitutes a blatant violation of human and academic rights, peaceful student activism, and a clear attempt to silence voices advocating for justice, legitimate expression, and the right to peaceful protest as guaranteed by international conventions. We consider his arrest and the false accusations of “threatening U.S. national security” nothing but a cover for suppressing constitutional rights to free expression and protest, and a manifestation of the U.S.’s unequivocal bias in favor of the occupation. It is also a desperate attempt to silence free voices within global universities that express their rejection of the crimes committed against Palestinian civilians—especially in light of the disgraceful international complicity in the suffering of the Palestinian people.

We declare our full solidarity with brother Mahmoud Khalil, a steadfast son of the Palestinian people, who has not been deterred by difficult circumstances from continuing his education and peaceful struggle to expose the crimes of the Israeli occupation. We also condemn the complicity of Columbia University’s administration in facilitating this violation by revoking his university ID card—an explicit betrayal of the role of universities as havens for thought and social justice. Accordingly, we call on human rights and humanitarian organizations, as well as Arab and international student bodies, to urgently intervene and exert pressure to end these unjust arrests and express their rejection of the oppressive and intimidating policies targeting students abroad.

In conclusion, from our religious, moral, and historical responsibility, we send an urgent appeal to students around the world: Palestine is being slaughtered in your silence, and the occupation continues its crimes in the absence of your voices. Let us be an academic front that stands against injustice, and teach the world that freedom is not just a slogan—but a daily practice. We reaffirm our unwavering support for the just causes of our nation, and declare that America, its institutions, and its tools will remain a dark page in the history of peoples' resistance, as it has failed to stop the war crimes being committed before the eyes of the world. In this context, we call for organizing solidarity stands and student marches within universities to affirm that the Palestinian cause is the cause of all free people, and that we, as students, will continue to raise our voices high in support of justice and rejection of oppression—wherever it may be.

Issued by: The General Administration of the University Student Forum – Yemen
Date: 15 Shawwal 1446 AH – Corresponding to April 13, 2025 CE
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