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The Somerville Times reported that on the next day a large group of people protested her detention in a local park on the grounds that she was illegally arrested because of her political views.
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Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was taken by immigration officials as she walked along a street in the Boston suburb of Somerville on March 25.
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Rallies in support of Ozturk were held in Boston and at Tufts University on Tuesday.
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Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University grad student, was detained by masked ICE agents
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Ozturk was suddenly arrested by plainclothes federal agents Tuesday in an incident captured by a surveillance camera.
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Hundreds attend rally in support of detained Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk
Protesters gathered to denounce the detention of Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk, who was apprehended by masked immigration agents last week.
Tufts PhD student was transported to Vermont after arrest in Massachusetts by immigration officials, court records show
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A federal judge in Massachusetts says a Tufts University doctoral student who was detained this week can’t be deported to Turkey without a court order.
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The Pro-Israel Group That Led to Rumeysa Ozturk’s Arrest
Days after Ozturk’s arrest, Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that the U.S. had revoked her student visa, linking her case to the administration’s ongoing crackdown on student activism and implying she is a protester.
ICE agents detain Tufts University grad student after pro-Palestinian opinion piece
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson says that Rumeysa Ozturk 'engaged in activities in support of Hamas' while her attorney calls her detention 'concerning.'
Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her
A Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation, her lawyer said Wednesday.
Last Tuesday it was Rumeysa Ozturk. Who will it be next?
Readers express concern and fear about attacks on constitutional rights as questions swirl around the arrest and detention of a Tufts graduate student.
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Top Democrats are calling for the release of Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, writing a letter to Trump administration officials demanding answers.
Major union launches ad campaign featuring detained Tufts student
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Who is Rumeysa Ozturk, the Turkish national facing deportation from the US?
Tufts doctoral student and research assistant was picked up on the street close to her home by masked federal agents in plain clothes
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