#MahmoudKhalil blocked from holding son for first time by #ICE, lawyers say
Detained #Columbia University graduate and #Palestinian activist forced to meet month-old baby from behind glass
from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Léonie Chao-Fong in Washington
Wed 21 May 2025 18.24 EDT
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/21/mahmoud-khalil-newborn-son?CMP=share_btn_url
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“They Want to Silence Me”: #Columbia Student #MohsenMahdawi on ICE Jail, #Palestine, Activism, #Buddhism [interview]
from #DemocracyNow
May 16, 2025
"In this prison, [...], #ICE rents a section of the prison. And the section where I was, it was a mixture of three-quarters of people who have committed crimes before, and one-quarter of migrants who come in and out. And I was — my cell was C-38, the first cell in that C section where the migrants are. So, I saw waves of the migrants. Those are not just migrants. Those are the people who feed us, who plant our food, who harvest our organic, delicious #Vermont produce."
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/16/mohsen_mahdawi_columbia_university
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In #Graduation Speech, #NYU Student Condemns U.S.-backed #Israeli War in Gaza
University Withholds Student’s Diploma, in Latest Flashpoint over Free Speech on U.S. Campuses
from #WorldOutlook
May 16, 2025
[contains transcript of his speech]
“We commend Logan for using this opportunity to demand an end to the bloodshed in #Gaza,” said Afaf Nasher, executive director of CAIR-NY, a Muslim civil rights organization. “We demand that NYU formally release Logan’s diploma, which he rightfully earned, and suspend any disciplinary proceedings against him.””
https://world-outlook.com/2025/05/16/in-graduation-speech-nyu-student-condemns-u-s-backed-israeli-war-in-gaza/
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NYU withholds diploma of student who condemned Israel in graduation speech
University says it ‘strongly denounces’ commencement speech by Logan Rozos, who called out ‘atrocities’ in Gaza
From #TheGuardian
Maya Yang
Thu 15 May 2025 14.19 EDT
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#Indian academic held over pro-#Palestinian views released from #ICE jail
Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Badar Khan Suri had visa revoked and was arrested by immigration officials in March
from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Marina Dunbar and agency
Wed 14 May 2025 17.47 EDT
"US district judge Patricia Giles ... said that the ruling was effective immediately with no conditions and no bond. She added that #KhanSuri’s release was “in the public interest to disrupt the chilling effect on protected speech” during the hearing."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/14/judge-order-release-khan-suri-ice?CMP=share_btn_url
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Tufts student returns to Massachusetts after release from immigration custody
from #Reuters
By Nate Raymond
May 10, 202510:12 PM EDT
[article contains 5 nice photos :-) ]
** Summary**
* Ozturk returns home after release from immigration detention center
* Judge in Vermont grants bail, citing substantial claims her rights were violated
* Ozturk urges public to remember detained women in Louisiana
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/tufts-student-returns-massachusetts-after-release-immigration-custody-2025-05-11/
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Turkish #TuftsUniversity student released from Louisiana immigration detention center [#RümeysaÖztürk]
from #AssociatedPress #AP #APNews
By KATHY McCORMACK
Updated 8:33 PM EDT, May 9, 2025
'“Despite an 11th hour attempt to delay her freedom by trying to force her to wear an ankle monitor, Rumeysa is now free and is excited to return home, free of monitoring or restriction,” attorney Mahsa Khanbabai said.'
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Rümeysa Öztürk, Tufts student held by Ice, released from Louisiana jail
PhD student arrested in March for political speech released on Friday after federal judge’s ruling
from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Maya Yang and Noa Yachot in New York and agencies
Fri 9 May 2025 19.32 EDT
"#RümeysaÖztürk, the #Tufts University student arrested in March for her political speech, has been released from the Louisiana detention center where she was being held in what she and her lawyers had argued was a breach of her constitutional rights."
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Tufts student released from US immigration custody after judge's order
from #Reuters
By Nate Raymond
May 9, 20258:09 PM EDT
***Summary***
* #RumeysaOzturk ordered released immediately from Louisiana detention center
* Ozturk was detained after pro-#Palestinian campus advocacy
* Judge said her detention chills free speech of non-citizens
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/tufts-student-detained-by-us-immigration-authorities-must-be-released-judge-2025-05-09/
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Court orders detained #Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk returned to #Vermont
Lawyers say the Turkish national, who has been held in a Louisiana Ice center for two weeks, was illegally detained
from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Sam Levine and agencies
Wed 7 May 2025 12.35 EDT
"A federal appeals court on Wednesday granted a judge’s order to bring a #Turkish #TuftsUniversity student from a #Louisiana immigration detention center back to New England for hearings to determine whether her rights were violated.
A judicial panel ... ruled in the case of #RümeysaÖztürk after lawyers representing her and the US justice department presented arguments at a hearing on Tuesday."
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#Michigan AG Drops Charges Against Pro-Palestinian Campus Protesters
"Our First Amendment rights should never be criminalized. Speaking up against genocide should be lifted up, not slammed with felony charges. #Palestinians deserve safety and dignity," said Rep. #RashidaTlaib.
from #CommonDreams
Jessica Corbett
May 05, 2025
Jessica Corbett
May 05, 2025
"Advocates for student protesters and other critics of the U.S.-backed #Israeli assault on the #Gaza Strip celebrated on Monday after Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel dropped all charges against seven people arrested last year at the #UniversityOfMichigan amid allegations of bias that the #Democrat rejected. "
https://www.commondreams.org/news/university-of-michigan-gaza
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Detained #Columbia student #MohsenMahdawi speaks from prison
[on April 29, before he was freed on April 30]
from #NPR #NationalPublicRadio [USA]
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5377484
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#Democratic lawmakers call for release of #Tufts student from #ICE detention
Jim McGovern and Ayanna Pressley exhort authorities to free Rümeysa Öztürk, calling her treatment ‘repression’
from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Anna Betts
Fri 25 Apr 2025 13.02 EDT
A group of high-profile Democratic lawmakers has called on the Donald #Trump administration to immediately release the #TuftsUniversity graduate student #RümeysaÖztürk, praised her “unwavering spirit” and warned that the White House is engaging in “repression”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/25/trump-tufts-rumeysa-ozturk-ice?CMP=share_btn_url
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Michigan's #Democratic AG Under Fire After Armed Agents Raid Homes of Palestine Defenders
"We are totally convinced that, but for their viewpoints, these students would not have been targeted," said one attorney.
Brett Wilkins
Apr 23, 2025
" Federal and local law enforcement officers smashed their way into the #Michigan homes of pro-#Palestine student organizers on Wednesday in what the state attorney general's office said was a vandalism probe—but critics called an attack on dissent against #Israel's genocidal assault on #Gaza. "
https://www.commondreams.org/news/michigan-raids-palestine
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