Democrats demand answers on arrest of Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk

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This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is frankcox with a comment about the horrifying abduction of Rumeysa Ozturk: Masked abductors? The people doing this are obviously ashamed of themselves because they are wearing masks to prevent anyone from identifying them. That adds another level of terror to this sort of thing. “Secret Police” is indeed an appropriate description of these folks and there are a lot of historical reasons…

Letter: Who will be next?

On March 26, Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish citizen and Fulbright scholar at Tufts University, was taken from a street near her home, kidnapped by a masked, black-shirted squad. Readers here must watch the cell phone video, a truly terrifying moment.

After the arrest of Rumeysa Ozturk on Tuesday in Massachusetts, the American press reveals the radical treatment imposed on the young woman to expel her.

Hundreds of students and residents of Somerville, Massachusetts, a few miles from Boston, took to the streets to protest when images of a recent warrantless arrest of a doctoral student went viral.…

Lawyer complains Turkish student held in US ’abducted’

A lawyer representing a Turkish university student detained in the United States and facing deportation said Thursday that his client had been unlawfully abducted. Earlier this week, a video surfaced on social media showing 30-year-old Rumeysa Ozturk being detained by masked, plain-clothed figures near Tufts University in Massachusetts. The video quickly went viral as a symbol driving the fear and anger gripping US campuses as President Donald T…

In Massachusetts, a Turkish woman (30) studying for a doctorate at Tufts University was suddenly detained by immigration authorities. Security camera footage of the incident was released, sparking criticism. In the United States, foreign nationals are...