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boycotts

February 8, 2019

ACLU comment on Senate passage of Combating BDS Act

States could require government contractors to certify they are not participating in boycotts of Israel, which scholars say violates the First Amendment.
January 7, 2019

American Civil Liberties Union defends right to participate in boycotts

A bipartisan group of senators are attempting to include the Combatting BDS Act in S.1, the Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019.
December 8, 2017

Free speech lawsuit challenges Arizona law on Israeli boycotts

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit arguing that an Arizona law requiring state contractors to certify that they will not boycott Israel violates the First Amendment
July 14, 2011

Israel anti-boycott law attacks free expression, says Amnesty

A law making it an offence to call for a boycott against the state of Israel or its West Bank settlements will have a chilling effect on freedom of expression.
April 5, 2011

Quakers to boycott goods from illegal Israeli settlements

The formal organisation of British Quakers has called for a boycott of goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

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