Coverage dated March 13, 2025

Khalil felt ‘he was being kidnapped’: Lawyers

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Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil told his lawyers he felt as if he was being “kidnapped” while being detained by different law enforcement officers and agents in New York on Saturday for his role in pro-Palestinian protests on the school’s campus last year. “Throughout this process, Mr.

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  1. The Guardian

    Mahmoud Khalil ‘felt as though he was being kidnapped’, lawyers write in new filing (opens The Guardian)

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    Lawyers demand in updated lawsuit that Columbia University graduate student be released from custody

  2. The Boston Globe

    Columbia’s Mahmoud Khalil felt he was being kidnapped as detention unfolded, lawyers say (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The lawyers said his treatment by federal authorities from Saturday, when he was first arrested, to Monday reminded Khalil of when he left Syria shortly after the forced disappearance of his friends there during a period of arbitrary detention in 2013.

  3. The Hill

    Khalil felt ‘he was being kidnapped’: Lawyers (opens The Hill)

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    Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil told his lawyers he felt as if he was being “kidnapped” while being detained by different law enforcement officers and agents in New York on Saturday for his role in pro-Palestinian protests on the school’s campus last year. “Throughout this process, Mr.

  4. Winchester Star

    Columbia (opens Winchester Star)

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    Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil say the detained Columbia University student felt he was being kidnapped after his arrest and swift transfer to Louisiana. Khalil

  5. Green Field Reporter

    Columbia's Mahmoud Khalil felt he was being kidnapped as detention unfolded, lawyers say - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    NEW YORK (AP) — Handcuffed and shackled, Mahmoud Khalil was rushed from New York to Louisiana last weekend in a manner that left the outspoken Columbia University graduate student feeling like he was being kidnapped, his lawyers wrote in an updated lawsuit seeking his immediate release.

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