Oakland Tech student calls out censorship of school newspaper story critical of rising death toll in Gaza

Oakland Tech High School senior Aliyah Sharif is searching for answers after an article she wrote about the conflict in Gaza was removed from the school newspaper's website. 'I'm definitely being silenced and censored,' said Sharif. Soon after Oakland Tech's student-run paper The Scribe printed and distributed its January edition, complaints highlighting the comparison of the death toll in Gaza to the Holocaust got the attention of school and district officials.

'I was disappointed with the lack of communication because they didn't give me a specific reason why they wanted to take my article down other than that there was a concern for my safety,' said Sharif. Oakland Tech's principal and the Oakland Unified School District declined interview requests, choosing to send a statement that reads: 'We will always support our students' first amendment rights, and the safety of our school communities is paramount.

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