3 d. ago 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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7 d. ago Judge in Vermont considers whether he has jurisdiction of detained Tufts University student's case

A federal judge in Vermont who's considering whether he has jurisdiction over the case of a Turkish Tufts University student detained by immigration officials has raised the idea of having her brought back to his court for a hearing

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2 w. ago Judge moves legal case of detained Turkish Tufts University student to Vermont

A federal judge has moved a case involving at Tufts University doctoral student being held at an immigration facility in Louisiana to Vermont

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3 w. 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 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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