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Rumeysa Ozturk
Mahmoud Khalil speaks to members of media about the Revolt for Rafah encampment at Columbia University during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City

Judge Says US Effort To Deport Mahmoud Khalil on Foreign Policy Grounds Is Likely Unconstitutional

An attorney for Khalil said the charges were “factually baseless and a pretextual punishment for his First Amendment speech.”

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Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk arrives at Logan airport

Turkish Tufts University Student Released From Louisiana Detention Center

A federal judge ordered her release pending a final decision on her claim that she was illegally detained following an op-ed she co-wrote last year criticizing her university’s response to Israel and the war in Gaza.

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Demonstrators take part in a rally in support of Rumeysa Ozturk

Detained Tufts Student Taken From Massachusetts Before Judge Ordered Her Kept There, Government Says

The student's lawyers have said that her detention violates her constitutional rights, including free speech and due process.

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Turkish Student at Tufts University Detained, Video Shows Masked People Handcuffing Her

She co-authored an op-ed piece in The Tufts Daily criticizing the university’s response to resolutions demanding that Tufts “acknowledge the Palestinian genocide.”

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