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A federal judge on Friday ordered the immediate release of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish PhD student at Tufts University.
U.S. District Judge William Sessions III in Burlington, Vermont, ruled that Ozturk was unlawfully detained by ICE in March, primarily for writing an op-ed critical of Israel in her university newspaper.
“That literally is the case. There is no evidence here … absent consideration of the op-ed,” said Sessions. He also cited serious concerns over due process violations, concluding, “Her continued detention cannot stand.”
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