On Thursday, lawyers for Cornell University Ph.D. students Momodou Taal and Sriram Parasurama together with Professor Mukoma Wa Ngũgĩ filed an amended complaint as well as a new motion for a Temporary ...

His visa was revoked after he participated in a pro-Palestine protest. U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Coombe refused to prevent the deportation of Momodou Taal, a British-Gambian Ph.D. student at ...

Momodou Taal. "Given what we have seen across the United States, I have lost faith that a favourable ruling from the courts would guarantee my personal safety and ability to express my beliefs," Taal ...

A Cornell doctorate candidate recently fled the country after he was ordered by federal agents to turn himself in to immigration authorities. Momodou Taal announced his leave from the states Monday in ...

Momodou Taal delivered the following speech at a public meeting in London hosted by the Socialist Equality Party (UK) on Saturday May 31, “Trump’s war on free speech: The case of Momodou Taal”. A ...

Cornell University has garnered national attention for its unprecedented attempt to effectively deport Momodou Taal, an international student over his brief appearance at a nonviolent protest at the ...

Last fall, Momodou Taal, a dual Gambian and U.K. citizen working toward a Ph.D. in Africana studies at Cornell University, was facing suspension and the loss of his F-1 student visa because he had ...

On March 20, the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) hosted a conversation with Cornell University student and pro-Palestinian activist Momodou Taal. Less than a week prior, Taal had filed a lawsuit ...

A Cornell University doctoral student announced on Monday he was leaving the United States weeks after his student visa was revoked. Momodou Taal, 31, sued the Trump administration in an attempt to ...

Taal, 31, said this was not the outcome he wanted after filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration last month along with two U.S. citizens — a Cornell professor and a PhD student — challenging ...