64 h. ago Tufts student had asthma attack after ICE arrest designed to ‘punish’ speech, attorneys say

Lawyers for Tufts University doctoral student demand her release after ‘shocking, cruel and unconstitutional’ arrest

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66 h. ago The US government is effectively kidnapping people for opposing genocide | Moira Donegan

Rumeysa Ozturk, a visa holder, was snatched off the streets by Ice agents and sent to a detention center 1,000 miles away for opposing war crimes in GazaThe abductors wore masks because they do not want their identities known. On Tuesday evening, Rumeysa Ozturk exited her apartment building and walked on to the street in Somerville, Massachusetts – a city outside Boston – into the fading daylight. Ozturk, a Turkish-born PhD student at Tufts University who studies children’s media and childhood development, was on her way to an iftar dinner with friends, planning to break her Ramadan fast.In a video taken from a surveillance camera, she wears a pink hijab and a long white puffer coat against the New England cold. The first man, not uniformed but wearing plain clothes, as all the agents are, approaches her as if asking for directions. But he quickly closes in and grabs her by the wrists she has raised defensively toward her face. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago A Tufts student was on her way to dinner with friends. Then an ICE officer in disguise detained her

The arrest of Rumeysa Ozturk follows a string of similar incidents targeting international students for Palestinian advocacy

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3 d. ago Lawyer for Turkish student at Tufts University detained by feds calls for government to produce her

A lawyer for a Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University who was detained by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents has filed an emergency request for the government to produce her

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4 d. ago Furious Turkish student in hijab filmed being detained by ICE as she went to break Ramadan fast

Rumeysa Ozturk, who is currently studying at Tufts University in Massachusetts, was swarmed by a group of individuals near her off-campus home on Tuesday.

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4 d. ago Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her

A lawyer for a Turkish national who is a doctoral student at Tufts University says she has been detained by federal agents without explanation

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4 d. ago Video shows moment ICE arrested Tufts University doctoral student who co

The arrest of PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk follows a string of similar incidents targeting international students

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1 week ago Chloe Brockett breaks silence after hospital dash as health woes take 'bad turn'

TOWIE star Chloe Brockett has shared an update with fans after she was rushed to hospital by her boyfriend Jack Fincham during the night after a severe asthma attack

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1 week ago Chloe Brockett 'is rushed to hospital by boyfriend Jack Fincham after suffering asthma attack following a series of blazing rows'

The TOWIE star, 24, was taken to hospital by Jack, 33, after she complained of feeling unwell and he is said to have stayed by her side all night.

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1 week ago Chloe Brockett rushed to hospital struggling to breathe as health woes take a 'bad turn'

TOWIE star Chloe Brockett was rushed to hospital by her boyfriend during the night after a severe asthma attack

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1 week ago ICE arrests advocate who spent years living in church and creating network of sanctuary spaces in Denver area

Jeanette Vizguerra, described as a ‘warrior’ and a ‘pillar of Denver’s immigrant rights community,’ was arrested in the parking lot of a Target

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1 week ago Teen died from asthma attack after she was wrongly discharged from hospital

Billie Wicks died age 16 after an asthma attack – the first she had ever had.

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1 week ago Schoolgirl, 16, died after A&E doctors failed to spot she was having her first ever asthma attack and sent her home, inquest told

Billie Wicks, 16, tragically died after doctors at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, north London, failed to spot she was having her first ever asthma attack, in September 2024.

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1 week ago German national arrested at Boston airport and his family has no clue why he is being held by ICE

Green card holder Fabian Schmidt was arrested at Boston Logan International Airport on March 7 and is currently in ICE detention

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1 week ago Hero boy, 4, saves mum's life by calling 999 after she took asthma attack at home

The mother was at home alone with her two kids, aged three and four, when she took an asthma attack. Thankfully her son acted quickly to save her.

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2 w. ago Wife of Columbia graduate student detained by Ice speaks out about his arrest

Mahmoud Khalil was detained by Ice agents on Saturday, part of Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus protestersMahmoud Khalil’s wife, who is now eight months pregnant, issued a statement on Tuesday night after the Columbia University graduate student and activist was arrested in New York by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) as part of the Trump administration’s attempt to revoke his green card and have him deported.“I am pleading with the world to continue to speak up against his unjust and horrific detention by the Trump administration,” Khalil’s wife, who is a US citizen, said in her statement, remaining anonymous for fear of harassment. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Mahmoud Khalil’s treatment should not happen in a democracy | Moustafa Bayoumi

The Columbia University graduate’s arrest is an attempt to destroy free thinking while murdering due processForced disappearance, kidnapping, political imprisonment, take your pick. These terms all describe what has happened under the Trump administration’s first arrest for thought crimes, something that should never happen in a democracy.But it has. To Mahmoud Khalil, a recently graduated master’s student from Columbia University’s school of international and public affairs. And for each minute that Khalil is held in detention, every one of us should feel like our own individual rights in this country are being shredded. The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil is a barefaced attempt by the Trump administration to destroy free thinking while murdering due process and free speech along the way. This is an ominous development. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago US judge blocks deportation of Palestinian activist detained by Ice

Critics condemn arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, Columbia University graduate student who led protests over Gaza warA judge has blocked the deportation of the prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s protests against Israel over the war in Gaza. Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia University until this past December who holds permanent US residency, is being detained by US immigration authorities at a facility in Louisiana after his arrest, according to information from officials.A spokesperson for the US’s homeland security department – as well as the country’s top diplomat – confirmed the arrest. In a statement to the Associated Press, a homeland security department spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin, said Khalil’s arrest was made to support Donald Trump’s presidential orders “prohibiting antisemitism”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump warns that ICE arrest of Palestinian activist at Columbia University will be ‘first of many’

Student leader accused immigration officials of conducting ‘open repression of student activism and political speech’

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2 w. ago Rubio and homeland security confirm arrest of Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests

Mahmoud Khalil was detained by Ice despite having a green card and his lawyers do not know where he’s being heldUS politics live – latest updatesA spokesperson for the US’s homeland security department – as well as the country’s top diplomat – have confirmed the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia University until this past December who helped lead protests at the school against Israel over the war in Gaza.Homeland security department spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin confirmed the arrest of Khalil – who holds permanent US residency – in a statement on Sunday to Associated Press, saying it was made to support Donald Trump’s presidential orders “prohibiting antisemitism”. Continue reading...

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