DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> detains grad student who advocated for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> and the "humanity of all people" </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RumeysaOzturk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RumeysaOzturk</span></a>, a student at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TuftsUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TuftsUniversity</span></a>, drew the attention of a pro-Israel group for co-authoring an op-ed<br> <br>By Charles R. Davis<br>Published March 26, 2025 10:01AM Updated March 26, 2025 5:27PM (EDT)</p><p>"The Trump administration has detained a Tufts University graduate student exactly one year after she coauthored a plea for 'the equal dignity and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanity</span></a> of all people,' including Palestinians.</p><p>"Rumeysa Ozturk, a native of Turkey, was 'ambushed' late Tuesday outside her apartment, according to a statement that her attorney provided to The Boston Globe. Neighbors had seen agents in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnmarkedCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnmarkedCars</span></a> monitoring her apartment for two days prior to the arrest, the outlet reported.</p><p>"'Her arrest comes after the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProIsrael</span></a> group <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CanaryMission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanaryMission</span></a> flagged Ozturk for having 'engaged in anti-Israel activism in March 2024.'"<br> <br>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.salon.com/2025/03/26/dhs-detains-grad-student-advocated-for-palestine-and-the-humanity-of-all-people/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">salon.com/2025/03/26/dhs-detai</span><span class="invisible">ns-grad-student-advocated-for-palestine-and-the-humanity-of-all-people/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BostonMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BostonMA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Orwellian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orwellian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a></p>