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Boston Herald |
Tufts University is calling for grad student Rumeysa Ozturk to be “released without delay,” as the international student’s legal team continues to fight for her release after ICE agents grabbed her of...
The Washington Post |
Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was taken by immigration officials as she walked along a street in the Boston suburb of Somerville on March 25.
U.S. News & World Report |
Rallies in support of Ozturk were held in Boston and at Tufts University on Tuesday.
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Ozturk was suddenly arrested by plainclothes federal agents Tuesday in an incident captured by a surveillance camera.
Tufts doctoral student and research assistant was picked up on the street close to her home by masked federal agents in plain clothes
Readers express concern and fear about attacks on constitutional rights as questions swirl around the arrest and detention of a Tufts graduate student.
Friends of Rumeysa Ozturk, who was detained by immigration enforcement officers, described her as an aspiring children's book author and dedicated student.
University students, staff describe Ozturk as 'valued member of the community, dedicated to her academic pursuits'
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security accused Ozturk, a Turkish national, of "activities in support of Hamas."
Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national, was detained by federal immigration authorities late Tuesday, according to her attorney and activists.
Rumeysa Ozturk’s legal team, which now includes the ACLU, has filed an amended habeas petition in Massachusetts federal court — challenging the pro-Palestinian international