Osama Abu Irshaid
Coverage of Osama Abu Irshaid in the Nexus archive.
- US judge rules in favour of Palestinian-American activist after phone seizure
A US federal judge ruled in favor of Palestinian-American activist Osama Abu Irshaid, stating that customs officers' search and seizure of his phones at Washington Dulles International Airport violated the Fourth Amendment. The court found no reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to justify the search.
- US judge rules in favour of Palestinian-American activist after phone seizure
A US federal judge ruled that customs officers illegally searched and seized the phones of Palestinian-American activist Osama Abu Irshaid, executive director of American Muslims for Palestine, due to insufficient evidence of criminal activity. The ruling, from the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, upheld his Fourth Amendment rights, rejecting claims by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Republican-led House Oversight Committee that linked him to Hamas.
- Judge rules US government's 2024 phone searches of Palestinian American violated his rights
A federal judge ruled the U.S. government violated the constitutional rights of Palestinian American Osama Abu Irshaid when customs agents searched his cell phone twice at a U.S. international airport in 2024.