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 Turkish Tufts University doctoral student, on May 9 from Louisiana immigration custody.
- Ozturk was detained more than six weeks after her student visa was canceled due to a review that linked her involvement in an op-ed criticizing Tufts’s handling of Israel’s war in Gaza to actions considered detrimental to U.S. Foreign policy.
- Sessions said the government offered no evidence aside from the op-ed, noted Ozturk’s serious First Amendment, due process, and health concerns, including twelve asthma attacks during detention.
- Her supporters celebrated the decision to release her, chanting "She is free!" as Judge Sessions ordered her release without any travel limitations, pending a final legal review.
- The release allows Ozturk to resume her Ph.D. Studies, reflecting ongoing court favor toward detained political prisoners claiming unlawful detention based on protected speech.
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