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The Latest Breaking News from Rumeysa Ozturk

Moment masked ICE agents leave a child alone on the street as they arrest the person he was walking with

Councilwoman who filmed video says ‘it felt like our community ... is under siege’

The Independent UK · May 14, 2025

‘Environment of fear’: Popular US leftist Twitch streamer Hasan Piker says he was grilled about Trump by Customs agents at Chicago airport

Influencer believes questioning was an attempt to potentially detain him ‘permanently’

The Independent UK · May 13, 2025

Judge blasts ‘chilling’ effect on free speech, orders release of Tufts student detained for pro-Palestine stance

Getting detained for your opinion may not be legal in the United States.

We Got This Covered · May 11, 2025

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Turkish student Rumeysa Ozturk says she will continue to pursue her case

Student freed from US detention after writing Gaza opinion piece says she has ‘faith in American system of justice’.

Al Jazeera · May 11, 2025

Turkish Tufts University student back in Boston after release from Louisiana detention center

A Tufts University student from Turkey has returned to Boston after being released from a Louisiana immigration detention center

The Independent UK · May 11, 2025

Court Orders Release of Tufts Foreign Student Detained For Her Speech

The ruling is a victory for the proposition that the First Amendment applies to immigration and visa restrictions.

Reason · May 10, 2025

Judge Orders Tufts Grad Student Rumeysa Ozturk Be Released on Bail From Immigration Detention

Ozturk's continued detention "potentially chills the speech of the millions and millions of people in this country who are not citizens," said U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III.

Reason · May 9, 2025

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Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk ordered released from ICE detention

The doctoral student, targeted for pro-Palestine article, recounts being ‘afraid’ and ‘crying’ during her detention.

Al Jazeera · May 9, 2025

Tufts scholar Rumeysa Ozturk released from ICE detention after judge raises ‘serious’ First Amendment and due process questions

PhD student imprisoned in Louisiana detention center testifies in orange prison jumpsuit

The Independent UK · May 9, 2025

Judge not waiting for transfer of Tufts University student detained by ICE to hold bail hearing

A federal judge in Vermont has decided not to wait for the transfer of a Turkish Tufts University student from a Louisiana immigration detention center to schedule a bail hearing, more than six weeks after she was arrested while walking along a street in a Boston suburb

The Independent UK · May 9, 2025

Freed Palestinian student accuses Columbia University of inciting violence

A Palestinian student arrested as he was about to finalize his U.S. citizenship is accusing Columbia University of eroding democracy with its handling of protests against the Israel-Hamas war

The Independent UK · May 9, 2025

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Reason · May 8, 2025

US court says student activist Rumeysa Ozturk must be sent to Vermont

The Trump administration was also ordered in the case of Mahmoud Khalil to justify its use of a Cold War-era law.

Al Jazeera · May 7, 2025

Federal judge rules Georgetown scholar's wrongful arrest case will stay in Virginia

A federal judge says that a Georgetown scholar’s petition challenging the constitutionality of his arrest will stay in a Virginia court, where it was initially filed

The Independent UK · May 7, 2025

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The Independent UK · May 7, 2025

Trump team ordered to move Tufts student from Louisiana ICE jail after it couldn’t ‘take a position’ on her free speech

Federal appeals court gives government 10 days to transfer Rumeysa Ozturk to Vermont after DOJ lawyers refused to say if pro-Palestine speech is constitutionally protected

The Independent UK · May 7, 2025

Turkish Tufts University student detained by ICE can be sent to Vermont, appeals court rules

A federal appeals court on Wednesday granted a judge’s order to bring a Turkish Tufts University student from a Louisiana immigration detention center back to New England for hearings to determine whether her rights were violated

The Independent UK · May 6, 2025

Appeals court to hear cases of 2 university students, one detained, the other recently released

A federal appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments in the cases of a Turkish Tufts University student who's been detained by immigration authorities for six weeks and a Palestinian student at Columbia University who was recently released from detention

The Independent UK · May 5, 2025

Detained Tufts student seeking transfer says asthma attacks worsened in custody

A Turkish Tufts University student says her asthma attacks continue to worsen since being detained in March

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Reason · May 1, 2025

Cato/FIRE Amicus Brief Against Speech-Based Deportations of Foreign Students

The brief gives a good explanation of why such actions violate the First Amendment.

Reason · Apr 30, 2025

Rumeysa Ozturk's Op-Ed Is Still the Only Public Justification for Her Arrest

"It is unthinkable that a person in a free society could be snatched from the street, imprisoned, and threatened with deportation for expressing an opinion the government dislikes," says FIRE.

The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2025

Tufts PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk will stay in ICE detention in Louisiana - for now

Trump administration lawyers are trying to block court order to transfer Turkish international student to Vermont

The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2025

Appeals court pauses Tufts student's transfer to Vermont in immigration detention case

A federal appeals court has paused a judge’s order to bring a Turkish Tufts University student from a Louisiana immigration detention center back to New England so it can consider an emergency motion filed by the government

The Conversation · Apr 28, 2025

How ICE is becoming a secret police force under the Trump administration

Secret police are a quintessential feature of authoritarian regimes. From Azerbaijan’s State Security Service to Zimbabwe’s Central Intelligence Organisation, these agencies typically target political opponents and dissidents through covert surveillance, imprisonment and physical violence.

Al Jazeera · Apr 19, 2025

US judge rules Rumeysa Ozturk must be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont

Court says detained pro-Palestine student has shown ‘significant evidence’ violations to her constitutional rights.

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2025

Judge orders Tufts University student in detention case to be brought to Vermont

A federal judge has ordered that a Turkish Tufts University student who was detained by immigration authorities in March to be brought to Vermont

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