CAIR Press Releases:
"(NEW YORK, NY, 3/19/26) – A coalition including the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR National), ...  and Main Street Legal Services Inc. housed at CUNY School of Law today welcomed a federal court’s order greenlighting a lawsuit by Mahmoud Khalil and seven other Columbia University students against the Trump Administration and Columbia University for violating the First Amendment rights of Columbia students.

In the decision, the Court recognized that—if documentation supports the Plaintiffs’ claims—the Trump Administration will be held to account for seeking to target and punish student speech critical of Israel and/or supportive of Palestine. The Court’s order also makes clear that Columbia’s capitulation to the federal government means that the University can be held to account for violating the First Amendment rights of its own students. Plaintiffs can now gather evidence, including communications between Trump officials, the House Committee, and Columbia administration never before made public.

This ongoing lawsuit seeks to stop Columbia from complying with illegal directives from both Congress and the Trump Administration to suppress political dissent. In denying the Trump Administration and Columbia’s motions to dismiss the lawsuit, the Court found that our students have standing to challenge Columbia’s use of the IHRA definition of antisemitism, which prohibits political speech critical of the state of Israel. Plaintiffs also have standing to block Defendants from turning over student records to Congress —which has wielded its investigative authority to suppress all speech that criticizes Israel’s actions in Gaza. The Court confirmed a previous order that prevents Columbia from turning over the names and identities of student advocates to Congress—which will remain in place during the pendency of this litigation."
https://www.cair.com/press_releases/breaking-federal-court-finds-columbia-u-may-have-acted-as-governments-instrument-to-suppress-palestinian-advocacy-in-violation-of-the-first-amendment/

-->This is a huge win for the First Amendment. And unless a higher court overturns the decision, Columbia University and the Trump Administration will face charges that they acted together to destroy students' right for free speech. Why no NYT coverage?

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The Guardian UK:
"A former Belgian diplomat, 93, should stand trial over alleged complicity in the 1961 murder of Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of what was then the newly independent Congolese state, a Brussels court has ruled. Étienne Davignon, the only person still alive among 10 Belgians the Lumumba family accuses of involvement in the killing, is charged with participation in war crimes.

The decision, which follows a surprise referral by the Brussels prosecutor last June, can be appealed against. Davignon, a former vice-president of the European Commission, has denied the charges.

In a statement the Lumumba family welcomed what they called a significant step: 'For our family, this is not the end of a long fight, it is the beginning of a reckoning that history has long demanded.' ”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/17/ex-belgian-diplomat-93-trial-1961-murder-patrice-lumumba

-->This is also a big story, because the US will be pulled into this new research on Lumumba's assassination. The US media is still debating how to bury this history.

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Common Dreams:
"Germany Pulls Legal Support for Israel in ICJ Gaza Genocide Case. Berlin says it needs to focus on its defense in a separate ICJ case in which Nicaragua accuses Germany of supporting Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.

Germany said Wednesday that it will drop its planned intervention in the International Court of Justice genocide against Israel so that it can better focus on its own defense in a separate ICJ case filed by Nicaragua accusing Berlin of enabling Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza via arms sales.

Deputy German Foreign Minister Josef Hinterseher said during a press conference in Berlin that his country 'will not intervene' on Israel’s side in the South Africa v. Israel genocide case filed at the Hague-based tribunal in December 2023."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/germany-icj-israel

-->Here is another important story that is left out. Israel is slowly losing its support in the International Court of Justice. Another story that is hidden from the American People.