Op/Ed
Community Forum: Öztürk’s detainment is a blatant disregard of free speech and free press protections
April 10, 2025
On March 25, masked federal immigration authorities detained Tufts University Ph.D. student Rümeysa Öztürk for engaging in what Trump administration officials said were “activities in support of Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization that relishes the killing of Americans.”
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