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Freedom of Speech/Assembly

This section on Freedom of Speech/Assembly includes attacks on student protestors through arrests and university discipline; firing and other public attacks on faculty for speaking as private citizens; and laws and policies designed to limit the exercise of free speech and the right to assembly, like increasingly severe “time, place, manner” restrictions on campus assembly.

Resources

Drop the Charges! Palestine Exception at UCSD E-Mail Campaign

Petition | Webpage | Jun 26, 2026

E-mail campaign website that sends emails to University of California San Diego (UCSD) administration demanding charges be dropped for several professors facing disciplinary charges for their support of students Gaza Solidarity Encampment in May 2024.