DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DHS</span></a> detains grad student who advocated for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Palestine</span></a> and the &quot;humanity of all people&quot; </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RumeysaOzturk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RumeysaOzturk</span></a>, a student at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TuftsUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<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>&quot;The Trump administration has detained a Tufts University graduate student exactly one year after she coauthored a plea for &#39;the equal dignity and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>humanity</span></a> of all people,&#39; including Palestinians.</p><p>&quot;Rumeysa Ozturk, a native of Turkey, was &#39;ambushed&#39; 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="tag">#<span>UnmarkedCars</span></a> monitoring her apartment for two days prior to the arrest, the outlet reported.</p><p>&quot;&#39;Her arrest comes after the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ProIsrael</span></a> group <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CanaryMission" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CanaryMission</span></a> flagged Ozturk for having &#39;engaged in anti-Israel activism in March 2024.&#39;&quot;<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/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><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="tag">#<span>BostonMA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Orwellian" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Orwellian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a></p>