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Arrest of Turkish student shocked university in the USA
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A Turkish doctoral student is arrested in Massachusetts. Authorities in the United States accuse Hamas support. The pictures provide outrage and discussions.
The US authorities continue to proceed against foreign students who are accused of supporting Hamas because of their participation in propalestinian protests.
At the Tufts University near Boston in the state of Massachusett, a Turkish doctoral student on the open street near her apartment was stopped and arrested by the Ministry of Homeland Property, dressed in civilian and sometimes hooded, as reported by several media in terms of university president.
Disturbing pictures of the arrest in the USA
You can see how several men in dark civil clothing, partly with hoodies, approach the woman who is obviously scared and calls loudly. It is surrounded and then led away.
The Justice Minister of Massachusetts, Andrea Joy Campbell, said according to “New York Times” that the pictures of the arrest were disturbing. This is not about public security, this is about intimidation. According to the “New York Times”, the student was on the road with friends for fasting.
She had a valid visa, in a declaration by the Ministry of Homeland on X it is said that a visa is a privilege, no right. The student campaigned for Hamas. Her lawyer told NBC that he did not know where the woman had been brought and could not contact her.
Professors of the university shocked
According to media reports, she was a co-author of an article in a student newspaper where the university was asked to recognize in 2024 that there was a genocide of Palestinians. At the same time, the university was asked not to invest in companies that entertain the connections to Israel.
The “Boston Globe” reports that acquaintances had assured the doctoral student that she had not played a leading role in the protests. Your professors are shocked by the arrest.
The greatest sensation of the Palestinian student Machmud Chalil had caused a sensation. According to its lawyer, the graduate of the New York Columbia University has a GreenCard and thus an unlimited residence permit in the USA. The US government wants to deport him and accuses him of having distributed “Hamas Propaganda” on the campus leaflets.
An Indian was arrested at the Georgetown University in the capital Washington. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Homeland Protection accused him of having spread propaganda of Islamist Hamas and anti -Semitism on social media.
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Source: Stern

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