US Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday hailed a US federal decide who ordered the discharge of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral pupil at Tufts University, detained by immigration brokers in March.
“Judge Sessions is right. Neither Rumeysa Ozturk or anyone else in America should be in jail for authoring an op-ed critical of Israel, or on any subject,” Sanders stated on X.
His remarks got here after Judge William Okay. Sessions III, a federal decide within the US state of Vermont, ordered the discharge on bail of Ozturk, who was arrested on March 25 by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) brokers in Massachusetts for co-authoring an op-ed final yr in regards to the Israeli-Palestinian battle within the faculty’s pupil newspaper.
The decide stated there was “no evidence” that has been launched by the federal government aside from the op-ed. “The court orders the government to release Ms. Ozturk from custody immediately,” he stated.
Sanders stated President Donald Trump and his colleagues “should read the Constitution and, especially, the First Amendment.”
“Ozturk must be released immediately,” he added.
Source: www.anews.com.tr