A group of lawmakers from Massachusetts traveled to a Louisiana detention facility on April 22 to call for the release of Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University graduate student who was detained ...

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University graduate student, is detained in Louisiana for allegedly supporting Hamas. Ozturk's lawyers argue she's held for a pro-Palestine opinion piece, violating her ...

She was moved to a detention center in Louisiana (AP) “Rumeysa Ozturk never should have been arrested and detained, period,” her legal team said in a Tuesday statement to The Independent.

"We will continue to speak out on Rumeysa’s behalf until she returns to her community where she belongs." Ozturk is scheduled to appear before an immigration judge in Louisiana on April 7.