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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Judge says he will order Columbia University protester Mahmoud Khalil freed from detention

Campus Protests Mahmoud Khalil - (AP)

A federal judge says he’ll order Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil released from immigration detention.

Judge Michael Farbiarz made the ruling from the bench in federal court in New Jersey on Friday. Lawyers for the Columbia graduate had asked a federal judge to immediately release him on bail from a Louisiana jail, or else transfer him to New Jersey, where he can be closer to his wife and newborn son.

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