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Thursday, June 11, 2026

8 University of Michigan Pro-Palestinian Activists Indicted by DOJ

The US Department of Justice has announced the indictments in the Eastern District of Michigan of 8 people associated with the University of Michigan for conspiracies to engage in a campaign of threats, intimidation, and violence against university officials, the Jewish Federation of Detroit, and other entities, on or off campus in support of the Palestinian cause. 

Those indicted by a federal grand jury are:

 Zainab Aliasgar Hakim (Canton, Michigan) (age 23), Amatullah Aliasgar Hakim (Ann Arbor, Michigan) (age 21), Paige Elizabeth Feyock (Ann Arbor, Michigan) (age 26), Ahmet Kerem Korkaya (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) (age 28), Jonathan Hongru Zou (Ann Arbor, Michigan) (age 22), Alexander Matthew Sepulveda (Chicago, Illinois) (age 23), Mariam Muhammed Odeh (Dearborn, Michigan) (age 24), and Colin Hunter Weger (Ann Arbor, Michigan) (age 24).

The DOJ announcement can be read here.

Here is additional detail from Michigan Advance.

Here is how the University of Michigan campus newspaper, The Michigan Daily, is reporting the news.

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