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Judge orders detained Tufts student to be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont
A federal judge on Friday ordered Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University international doctoral student held in immigration ...
The Tufts Daily2d
‘A risk no matter what’: Professors discuss Kumar’s affidavit supporting Rümeysa Öztürk
The Office of the President sent a declaration signed by University President Sunil Kumar in support of Tufts graduate ...
WBUR8d
Tufts student details harrowing transport by ICE, lack of food and medical care in detention
Rümeysa Öztürk's sworn statement was filed alongside a motion from her attorneys seeking her immediate release from detention ...
American Civil Liberties Union4d
Writing an Op-Ed is Not Grounds for Deportation
The U.S. government’s escalating attacks on noncitizens’ right to free speech, including our client Rümeysa Öztürk, should ...
The Burlington Free Press on MSN5d
Federal judge in VT weighs jurisdiction in Rumeysa Ozturk case. What happened in court
A federal judge in Vermont heard arguments Monday in the case of Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University graduate student who ...
American Rendition: Rümeysa Öztürk’s Journey From Ph.D. Scholar to Trump Target Languishing in Louisiana Cell
So horrifying and so heartbreaking”: Öztürk’s close friend provides an intimate look into one of the hundreds of foreign ...
The Tufts Daily2d
Local leaders heighten calls for release of Rümeysa Öztürk
Local Medford and Somerville leaders, as well as Massachusetts state leaders, have strengthened their response to the detainment of Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk. Elected officials released a ...
The New Republic on MSN5d
State Department Memo on Abducted Tufts Student Exposes Rubio’s Lies
The Department of Homeland Security had no evidence linking a Tufts University international student to terrorism or antisemitism—but ICE agents kidnapped her anyway. A few days before Rümeysa Öztürk, ...