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Rümeysa Öztürk, Tufts University

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“The university has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention,” President Sunil Kumar said in a four-page affidavit en...
From The Boston Globe
Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was taken into custody as she walked along a street in the Boston suburb of Somerville on March 25.
From Seattle Times
Secretary of State Marco Rubio also refused to offer any explanation of why Öztürk was detained without a court order or access to legal counsel, attacking the student for coming “into the U.S. as a ...
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Tufts University has ‘no information to support’ the arrest of graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk, legal filings say
University officials called for the Turkish doctoral student's “release without delay,” according to court documents filed Wednesday.
Tufts University calls for ICE’s release of Rümeysa Öztürk ahead of court hearing
Ahead of a Boston court hearing scheduled Thursday regarding federal immigration agents' detainment of a Tufts University student, the school called for her release.
Attorney for abducted Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk speaks out on her detainment
Chilling new footage was captured this week of masked government agents abducting another college student. This time, if was Tufts University Ph.D. student and Fulbright scholar from Turkey, Rümeysa Öztürk.
Lawyers for a detained Tufts student from Turkey demand her case remain in Massachusetts
Lawyers for a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities have argued that her case should be handled by the federal court in Massachusetts.
Lawyers for a detained Tufts student from Turkey demand she be returned to Massachusetts
Lawyers for a Tufts University doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk who was seized by immigration officials off a street near Boston argued in federal court Thursday that she should be returned
Case involving Tufts student detained by ICE is slated to be addressed in federal court
The case involving a Tufts University student detained by ICE is slated to be heard in federal court in Boston Thursday.Rumeysa Ozturk,<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More
Detained Tufts Student Suffering Serious Health Issues in DHS Custody
Rümeysa Öztürk, a doctoral student on a Fulbright scholarship, has had three asthma attacks while being held in a Louisiana detention center.
Judge to hear case of Tufts University student detained by ICE, school calls for her release
Tufts University is calling on ICE to release international graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk as the case goes before a federal judge in Boston Thursday afternoon. CBS News Boston's Tiffany Chan and CBS News Department of Justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane have the latest.
Legal scholar sees immigrant arrests as a 'struggle for the soul of the country'
As ICE agents arrest international students at campuses across the U.S., professor Daniel Kanstroom discusses the law — and the human cost. He says the round-ups are designed to "send a message."
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UPDATE: Judge denies government motion to move Rümeysa Öztürk case to Louisiana
U.S. District Judge Denise Casper ruled to move Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk’s case to Vermont on Friday, denying the government’s motion to dismiss Öztürk’s habeas corpus petition and request to transfer the case to Louisiana,
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Jews at Tufts are furious over ICE seizing a pro-Palestinian grad student. But they’re wary of joining protests for her.
Some activists have sought to turn Rümeysa Öztürk’s case into a rallying cry against Israel, turning off some Jews.
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Trump DOJ challenges judge's authority to rule on detention of Rümeysa Öztürk
The Justice Department argued a federal judge in Boston lacks jurisdiction to decide the legality of Tufts PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk's ICE detention.
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Rümeysa Öztürk lawsuit transferred to Vermont
ICE was driving Öztürk through Vermont at 10:01 p.m. on March 25 when attorney Mahsa Khanbabai filed an initial complaint in the U.S. District of Massachusetts seeking her client’s release. Khanbabai and Öztürk’s family were unaware of her location at the time.
Attorneys for Tufts University student accuse government of ‘secretive’ effort to move her across state lines
Rümeysa Öztürk, the Turkish student detained by immigration officers in Boston last month, was moved across multiple state lines as part of a “highly unusual” and “secretive” attempt to keep her from accessing her attorney or being near her home,
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Lawyers take to District Court to argue Mass. jurisdiction over Rümeysa Öztürk detention
In a U.S. District Court hearing in Boston Thursday afternoon, lawyers for Rümeysa Öztürk argued over the presiding Massachusetts judge’s jurisdiction over Öztürk’s case while a lawyer from the Department of Justice argued it should be transferred to a court in Louisiana,
‘Strange and dangerous precedent’: Tufts student’s lawyer argues to keep case in Mass.
An attorney for the Justice Department denied "manipulating" jurisdictions when ICE agents swiftly moved a Tufts doctoral student out of state and flew her to Louisiana last week.
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