Mennonite Action Calls for the Release of Mahmoud Khalil

From Mennonite Action:

On Saturday, March 8, Department of Homeland Security agents detained Mahmoud Khalil,  U.S. permanent resident and student organizer for Palestinian rights. Khalil was the lead negotiator during the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University. His detention is a targeted act of political repression. He is being held in an ICE detention center over 1,000 miles away from his home and his wife, who is eight months pregnant.

As Anabaptists, our spiritual forebears were jailed, beaten, and tortured for standing up for their religious and political freedom. We refuse to stand by silently while Mahmoud is detained for standing up for his own beliefs.

We won’t stand for our political leaders wielding the weight of the immigration system as punishment for speaking out for Palestinian liberation. We will let our leaders know there are Christians and Mennonites who speak loudly for justice, who stand up for freedom, and who act in solidarity with our marginalized neighbors.

We remember that our faith calls on us to follow in the example of Jesus Christ, who called us to always stand with the oppressed, and to set the prisoners free.

Please take a moment today to write your representatives to demand Khalil’s immediate release.

mennoniteaction.org/freemahmoud