‘There Is No Evidence’: Judge Orders Release of Tufts Student Detained Over Op-Ed
Rümeysa Öztürk — the Tufts University PhD student who was arrested by masked federal authorities on the streets near Boston and jailed for six weeks in Louisiana after writing a pro-Palestine op-ed — has been ordered immediately released on her own recognizance by a federal judge in Vermont.
“The court finds that Ms. Öztürk has raised a substantial claim of a constitutional violation,” Judge Williams Sessions ruled on Friday, adding that the government has provided no evidence that Öztürk poses any sort of risk, other than the op-ed. “That is literally the case.
“The court finds that Ms. Öztürk has raised a substantial claim of a constitutional violation,” Judge Williams Sessions ruled on Friday, adding that the government has provided no evidence that Öztürk poses any sort of risk, other than the op-ed. “That is literally the case.
- 5/9/2025
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
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