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Mahmoud Khalil

Mahmoud Khalil

1995

Nationality
Algeria
Occupation
political activist

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. LaSalle Detention Center
    Dates unknown

Biography

Mahmoud Khalil (Arabic: محمود خليل, romanized: Maḥmūd Khalīl; born 1995) is an Algerian-Palestinian activist known for his role as a negotiator and spokesperson in the 2024 Gaza Solidarity Encampment and broader protests in solidarity with Palestine at Columbia University during the Gaza war and genocide while he was a graduate student at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs, and for his detention by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in 2025, under the second presidency of Donald Trump.

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