US EditionJudge orders release of Tufts University doctoral student from ICE custody
- U.S. District Judge William Sessions ordered the release of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey, held for over six weeks in a Louisiana immigration detention center after her March 25 arrest in a Boston suburb.
- Ozturk's detention followed a single op-ed she co-wrote criticizing Tufts University's response to Israel's war in Gaza, which led to her visa revocation amid claims her actions may undermine U.S. Policy and support a designated terrorist group.
- During her detention, Ozturk experienced 12 asthma attacks and testified about her health and commitment to completing her doctorate focused on children and social media, while her attorneys and supporters vocally opposed her imprisonment.
- Judge Sessions stated the government provided no evidence beyond the op-ed to justify detention, that Ozturk is not a danger or flight risk, and ordered her release on her own recognizance without travel restrictions but may amend conditions in consultation with her lawyers.
- Ozturk's release, greeted by her supporters' chants of "She is free!" and ACLU attorneys, allows her to continue her studies while her claim of unlawful detention is still under judicial review and her immigration case proceeds in Louisiana.
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Judge orders immediate release of Tufts detainee
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Turkish student Rümeysa Öztürk leaves Louisiana's immigration detention centre
Rümeysa Öztürk, the Turkish student at Tufts University, has left the immigration detention centre in Louisiana for six weeks on Friday afternoon. The detention of this 30-year-old woman caused a stir at the end of March, after a handful of hooded Immigration and Customs Control (ICE) officers detained her and handcuffed her on the street in a suburb of Massachusetts. The case sparked outrage from various sectors of society, especially when it b…
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‘She is free,’ Turkish college student released from US immigration detention center
A Tufts University student from Turkey was released from a Louisiana immigration detention center Friday, more than six weeks after she was arrested walking on the street of a Boston suburb.
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