Five University of Michigan students have filed a lawsuit against their school after being banned from campus due to their participation in pro-Palestine protests.

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the University of Michigan on behalf of five individuals who took part in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

The civil rights group sued the University of Michigan to challenge the Ann Arbor school's policy that barred pro-Palestine protesters from campus.

The ACLU of Michigan and the Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the University of Michigan, alleging the school has unconstitutionally banned protesters from its Ann Arbor campus in an effort to silence dissent.

A pro-Palestinian group at the University of Michigan has been suspended for two years and will lose its funding in connection with protesters’ demands for divestiture from companies doing business with Israel.