A federal judge in Vermont ordered Friday, the immediate release of Rümeysa ÖztürkThe doctoral student of Tofts University who had been removed by ice agents and detained in a correctional establishment in Louisiana since March 25.
“His continuous detention cannot stand up. He is someone who probably does not have many other things that happen other than to reach out to other members of the community in a caring and compassionate way”, ” said Judge William K. Sessions III, releasing Öztürk from his own commitment without travel restrictions.
Liberation of Ozturk follows a decision by the 2nd Court of Appeals of US in New York, which ordered The Trump administration to transfer it to an establishment in Vermont before May 14. By choosing to appear remotely, Öztürk enabled the sessions to carry out his bailing hearing. Sessions declared in court that he wanted to be informed of the moment when she had been released.
“She did nothing other than attending her university essentially and to expand her contacts within the community so favorable,” he said.
According to the aclu, Öztürk has has not been accused of any crime. Anyway, she has been detained for about 45 days after being taken in front of her apartment by ceremonial men in Somerville, Massachusetts, in what the witnesses said “looked like an abduction.“”
“I am relieved and ecstatic that Rümeysa was released. said.
This editorial, which appeared in a student newspaper TUFTS last year, seems to be the only proof that the government has To justify his detention – a clear violation of his first amendment rights, according to legal experts.
The release of Öztürk follows that of Mohsen Mahdawi, a student from the Palestinian University who was Released April 30 After be placed in police custody While appearing in an immigration office in Vermont for what was supposed to be the final interview in its process of becoming an American citizen.
Likewise, Mahmoud Khalil, a former student of the University of Columbia, was fired by ICE agents from his home in New York, led to Louisiana in March, and detained on the shake evidence. Khalil won a legal victory on Tuesday when the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration call of a previous court decision requiring that his case be heard in New Jersey.
Öztürk, Mahdawi and Khalil are among the Several unconstitutional arrests by the Ministry of Internal Security as part of a broader effort to remove student activism by describing them as foreign threats.
The release of Öztürk and Mahdawi is a critical victory against the authoritarian efforts of the Trump administration for Free-speaking of silenceAlthough this hardly marks the end of this battle.
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