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Detained Pro-Palestinian Activist Denied Legal Calls, Lawyer Tells US Court

Protesters rally outside the New York courthouse where a preliminary hearing over Mahmoud Khalil's deportation was held (Credit: AFP)

A leader of US student protests against Israel's war in Gaza slated for removal has been denied legal advice, a judge heard Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump vowed to deport foreign pro-Palestinian student demonstrators.

Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil, one of the most prominent faces of the protest movement that erupted in response to Israel's conduct of the war, was arrested and taken to Louisiana over the weekend, sparking protests.

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