Indian-origin professor suspended in California for supporting Gaza, sues university

Indian-origin professor suspended in California for supporting Gaza, sues university

An Indian-American professor at the University of California, San Francisco, was reportedly suspended and later fired for her social media posts criticising Israel's actions in Gaza. Rupa Marya sued the university, alleging a violation of her free speech rights. Marya, in her court documents, alleged that she received "rape and death threats" for her Gaza posts.

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Rupa Marya, an Indian-American professor of medicine at the University of California, has filed a lawsuit against the educational institution, alleging that her freedom of speech was violated when she was suspended over her social media posts about the war in Gaza. Rupa Marya speaking at an event. Photo courtesy: www.facebook.com/peg.hunter Marya’s posts showed solidarity with hospitals and healthcare workers in Gaza, accusing Israel of attackin…

Intellectual Freedom Case Repositories

BY DAVID MOSHMAN Readers of this blog may be interested in three new intellectual freedom case repositories that are now available on the MetaCat Foundation website. Feel free to take a look at them before reading on. The first repository is the Academic Freedom Gaza Case Repository, which is connected to my book-in-progress, Gaza, Genocide, and Academic Freedom. This is a searchable repository of Gaza-related cases that raise issues of academi…