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Turkish PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk has been released six weeks after plainclothes ICE agents bundled her into a van and held her in an immigration detention centre in Louisiana. The Trump administration had revoked her student visa over an article she co-authored criticising Tufts University's ties to Israel.

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Turkish PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by masked ICE agents in Massachusetts on Tuesday while walking to Iftar. Ozturk, a Tufts University student with a valid F-1 visa, had last year co-authored an op-ed urging Tufts to recognise the Palestinian genocide.
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Turkish PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by masked ICE agents in Massachusetts on Tuesday while walking to Iftar. Ozturk, a Tufts University student with a valid F-1 visa, had last year co-authored an op-ed urging Tufts to recognise the Palestinian genocide.

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Video footage shows masked and plain-clothed US federal agents detaining a Turkish PhD student, Rumeysa Ozturk, from Tufts University who co-authored an article supporting Palestinians.
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Video footage shows masked and plain-clothed US federal agents detaining a Turkish PhD student, Rumeysa Ozturk, from Tufts University who co-authored an article supporting Palestinians.

Al Jazeera English

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Turkish PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by masked U.S. ICE agents yesterday while heading to an Iftar dinner in Massachusetts. Ozturk, who held a valid F-1 visa and studied at Tufts University, was reportedly being watched for two days before her arrest. She was on the phone with her mother when she was arrested. Her visa had been suddenly terminated—reasons still unclear. Ozturk had co-authored an op-ed urging Tufts to recognize the Palestinian genocide and divest from firms linked to Israel. She was also listed on Canary Mission, a site that blacklists pro-Palestine activists.
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Turkish PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by masked U.S. ICE agents yesterday while heading to an Iftar dinner in Massachusetts. Ozturk, who held a valid F-1 visa and studied at Tufts University, was reportedly being watched for two days before her arrest. She was on the phone with her mother when she was arrested. Her visa had been suddenly terminated—reasons still unclear. Ozturk had co-authored an op-ed urging Tufts to recognize the Palestinian genocide and divest from firms linked to Israel. She was also listed on Canary Mission, a site that blacklists pro-Palestine activists.

Clash Report

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University student Rumeysa Ozturk was arrested by masked ICE agents in the US and her visa has been revoked, as the Trump administration targets people involved in campus pro-Palestinian movements.
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University student Rumeysa Ozturk was arrested by masked ICE agents in the US and her visa has been revoked, as the Trump administration targets people involved in campus pro-Palestinian movements.

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Protesters gathered in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Wednesday to demand the freedom of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts PhD student and Fulbright scholar abducted by ICE agents. She is believed to have been targeted for co-authoring an opinion piece for her student newspaper about Gaza.
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Protesters gathered in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Wednesday to demand the freedom of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts PhD student and Fulbright scholar abducted by ICE agents. She is believed to have been targeted for co-authoring an opinion piece for her student newspaper about Gaza.

Democracy Now!

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Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was an international doctoral student at Tufts University with a visa to study. She has now been detained and her visa has been terminated. Read more:
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Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was an international doctoral student at Tufts University with a visa to study. She has now been detained and her visa has been terminated. Read more:

Sky News

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ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THIS? Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, was detained by U.S. immigration authorities late Tuesday and had her visa revoked after writing a pro-Palestinian op-ed supporting divestment from Israel amid the war in Gaza.
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ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THIS? Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, was detained by U.S. immigration authorities late Tuesday and had her visa revoked after writing a pro-Palestinian op-ed supporting divestment from Israel amid the war in Gaza.

Simon Ateba

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NEW: Turkish student in hijab detained by ICE while heading to break Ramadan fast Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, a doctoral student at Tufts University, was grabbed near her off-campus home on Tuesday Her lawyer, Mahsa Khanbabai, said that Ozturk was on her way to meet friends for iftar when agents from the Department of Homeland Security detained her Khanbabai said Ozturk had a valid student visa, but Tufts officials were informed her visa had been terminated Khanbabai said: 'We are unaware of her whereabouts and have not been able to contact her.' 'No charges have been filed against Rumeysa to date that we are aware of.'
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NEW: Turkish student in hijab detained by ICE while heading to break Ramadan fast Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, a doctoral student at Tufts University, was grabbed near her off-campus home on Tuesday Her lawyer, Mahsa Khanbabai, said that Ozturk was on her way to meet friends for iftar when agents from the Department of Homeland Security detained her Khanbabai said Ozturk had a valid student visa, but Tufts officials were informed her visa had been terminated Khanbabai said: 'We are unaware of her whereabouts and have not been able to contact her.' 'No charges have been filed against Rumeysa to date that we are aware of.'

Unlimited L's

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UPDATE 🔥 A judge has decided to release Tufts Uni. Doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk from ICE custody after her visa was revoked by the government. Karoline Leavitt on Judge ordering: "It is a privilege, not a right, to come to this country on a visa
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UPDATE 🔥 A judge has decided to release Tufts Uni. Doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk from ICE custody after her visa was revoked by the government. Karoline Leavitt on Judge ordering: "It is a privilege, not a right, to come to this country on a visa

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.Sen. James Lankford defends the Trump administration detaining a Tufts PhD student and revoking her visa but tells Dana Bash “she should have due process.”
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.Sen. James Lankford defends the Trump administration detaining a Tufts PhD student and revoking her visa but tells Dana Bash “she should have due process.”

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This is horrifying. You can hear the fear in her voice. Rumeysa Ozturk is in the U.S. on a valid student visa and was still grabbed off the street by a group of masked ICE agents in plain clothes. How is this a legal detention and not a kidnapping????
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This is horrifying. You can hear the fear in her voice. Rumeysa Ozturk is in the U.S. on a valid student visa and was still grabbed off the street by a group of masked ICE agents in plain clothes. How is this a legal detention and not a kidnapping????

Angel Jones, PhD

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UPDATE: “Newly unsealed court docs show Trump did not have evidence Tufts U PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk was supporting terrorist activity when she was arrested & her visa revoked, the action was taken because of an op-ed she wrote that critical of Israel.”
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UPDATE: “Newly unsealed court docs show Trump did not have evidence Tufts U PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk was supporting terrorist activity when she was arrested & her visa revoked, the action was taken because of an op-ed she wrote that critical of Israel.”

The Tennessee Holler

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Watch this footage of masked ICE agents wearing street clothes stalking, surrounding, grabbing and abducting Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk outside her home in broad daylight. Her crime? Apparently writing a editorial in her student newspaper criticizing the genocide in Gaza. We strongly condemn the Trump administration for turning U.S. immigration agents into thought police who are abducting students off of American city streets for the benefit of the Israeli government. Americans nationwide must recognize the dangerous precedent being set by the fascist thought police of this Israel First administration. The federal government is disappearing and then trying to deport students legally present here solely because of their peaceful political speech. This is un-American and unconstitutional. We are in communication with Rumeysa's immigration attorney. We demand her release and full transparency regarding her status. #RumeysaOzturk #FreeSpeech #FreePalestine
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Watch this footage of masked ICE agents wearing street clothes stalking, surrounding, grabbing and abducting Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk outside her home in broad daylight. Her crime? Apparently writing a editorial in her student newspaper criticizing the genocide in Gaza. We strongly condemn the Trump administration for turning U.S. immigration agents into thought police who are abducting students off of American city streets for the benefit of the Israeli government. Americans nationwide must recognize the dangerous precedent being set by the fascist thought police of this Israel First administration. The federal government is disappearing and then trying to deport students legally present here solely because of their peaceful political speech. This is un-American and unconstitutional. We are in communication with Rumeysa's immigration attorney. We demand her release and full transparency regarding her status. #RumeysaOzturk #FreeSpeech #FreePalestine

CAIR National

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Mahsa Khanbabai, attorney for Tufts University Ph.D. student and Fulbright scholar Rümeysa Öztürk, who was arrested and detained by DHS agents for apparently co-authoring a column in her student newspaper critical of Israel’s genocide, spoke to Ayman. She noted that it has been extremely difficult to communicate with her client while she is under detention, and criticized the government for transferring Öztürk to Louisiana, despite a court order barring her removal from Massachusetts.
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Mahsa Khanbabai, attorney for Tufts University Ph.D. student and Fulbright scholar Rümeysa Öztürk, who was arrested and detained by DHS agents for apparently co-authoring a column in her student newspaper critical of Israel’s genocide, spoke to Ayman. She noted that it has been extremely difficult to communicate with her client while she is under detention, and criticized the government for transferring Öztürk to Louisiana, despite a court order barring her removal from Massachusetts.

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