UAE deports graduate who yelled 'Free Palestine' as he received his diploma

Only days after yelling "Free Palestine" at the ceremony while dressed in a Palestinian black-and-white keffiyeh scarf, witnesses cited by the Associated Press said the graduate was deported.

A Palestinian student poses for a portrait while wearing a keffiyeh along with his commencement cap, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at the Auraria Campus in Denver, Colorado, U.S., May 10, 2024.

(photo credit: REUTERS/KEVIN MOHATT)

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JULY 12, 2024 18:09

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