US EditionTufts Doctoral Student Detained by ICE Despite Judge's Order, Location Confirmed in Louisiana
- A Tufts University student, Rumeysa Ozturk, was detained by ICE outside her apartment, despite a federal judge's order against her removal from Massachusetts, according to her attorney, Mahsa Khanbabai.
- Tufts President Sunil Kumar confirmed that Ozturk's visa had been terminated and acknowledged that this was related to her pro-Palestinian activism.
- The detention has raised concerns regarding international students' safety, triggering plans for a protest among her fellow students.
- Ozturk's activism for Palestinian rights may have contributed to her detention, following a flagged op-ed co-authored by her in March 2024 calling for acknowledgment of the Palestinian genocide.
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Protests erupt after Tufts student detained by ICE agents
Hundreds of protesters gathered near Tufts University’s campus on Wednesday calling for the federal government to release doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk. It comes after Ozturk's attorney says the Turkish national with a valid student visa was detained by federal authorities wearing masks as she was walking home. NBC’s Stephanie Gosk reports for TODAY.
Protests erupt after PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk's abduction by masked US agents
Masked agents abducted PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk in Somerville on 25 March. Focusing on her opposition to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the US government revoked her visa. Critics have called her kidnapping a “chilling violation of civil liberties“. The Trump regime continues to kidnap people across the US. Here they kidnapped a PHD Student Rumeysa Ozturk in broad daylight for publishing an article last year, critical of Israel’s war crimes in Ga…
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