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Turkish Tufts University student back in Boston after release from Louisiana detention center

Headline from WWL New Orleans, on the newest of 2 developments

Upon arrival at Logan Airport, Rumeysa Ozturk told reporters she was excited to get back to her studies during what has been a “very difficult” period.

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  1. Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk is released after spending six weeks at a Louisiana detention center

    Headline from KESQ Palm Springs ·

  2. Newest

    Turkish Tufts University student back in Boston after release from Louisiana detention center

    Headline from WWL New Orleans ·

2 reports not tied to one development ·

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25 articles, oldest first.

  1. KRDO

    Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk is released after spending six weeks at a Louisiana detention center (opens KRDO)

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    KRDO's feed description

    By Gloria Pazmino, Rebekah Riess, Dalia Faheid, CNN Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk was released from a Louisiana detention center

  2. CBS News

    Supporters celebrate release of Tufts student from ICE custody, (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Cheers erupted outside of Vermont federal court after a judge ruled that Tufts University grad student Rumeysa Ozturk must be released from immigration custody on bail.

  3. Boston

    Judge orders Tufts student to be freed from ICE detention, returned to Mass. (opens Boston)

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    Boston's feed description

    Rümeysa Öztürk, a PhD student at Tufts, has been held for about six weeks in Louisiana. She says conditions there significantly worsened her asthma, and that the government violated her constitutional rights.

  4. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk arrives back home after spending six weeks at a Louisiana detention center (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's feed description

    By Gloria Pazmino, Rebekah Riess, Dalia Faheid, CNN Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk on Saturday arrived in her home state of Massachusetts after she was snatched by masked federal agents near her home and spent six weeks in ICE detention as part of the Trump administration’s effort …

  5. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk is released after spending six weeks at a Louisiana detention center | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    By Gloria Pazmino, Rebekah Riess, Dalia Faheid, CNN Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk was released from a Louisiana detention center

  6. WWL New Orleans

    Turkish Tufts University student back in Boston after release from Louisiana detention center (opens WWL New Orleans)

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    WWL New Orleans's feed description

    Upon arrival at Logan Airport, Rumeysa Ozturk told reporters she was excited to get back to her studies during what has been a “very difficult” period.

  7. WSVN Miami

    Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk arrives back home after spending six weeks at a Louisiana detention center - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WSVN Miami's feed description

    (CNN) — Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk on Saturday arrived in her home state of Massachusetts after she was snatched by masked federal agents

  8. Deutsche Welle

    Turkish Tufts student returns to Boston after ICE detention – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk — arrested and held for over six weeks — says she will continue seeking justice. She co-authored an op-ed criticizing Tufts' response to the war in Gaza.

  9. PBS NewsHour

    Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk back in Boston after release from Louisiana detention center (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    A Tufts University student from Turkey returned to Boston on Saturday, one day after being released from a Louisiana immigration detention center where she was held for over six weeks.

  10. CBS News

    Watch Live: Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk returns to Massachusetts after being released on bail (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old Turkish doctoral candidate from Tufts University who was detained by ICE​, is set to return to Massachusetts after a judge ordered her release.

  11. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk back in Massachusetts after 6 weeks in ICE detention in Louisiana | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    WBZ By Riley Rourke Click here for updates on this story SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts (WBZ) -- Rumeysa Ozturk, the Tufts University

  12. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk back in Massachusetts after 6 weeks in ICE detention in Louisiana (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's feed description

    WBZ By Riley Rourke Click here for updates on this story SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Rumeysa Ozturk, the Tufts University student from Turkey who was pulled off a street by federal agents in Somerville, Massachusetts and spent six weeks in a detention center in Louisiana, says she still has fa…

  13. Green Field Reporter

    Turkish Tufts University student back in Boston after release from Louisiana detention center - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    BOSTON (AP) — A Tufts University student from Turkey returned to Boston on Saturday, one day after being released from a Louisiana immigration detention center where she was held for over six weeks. Upon arrival at Logan Airport, Rumeysa Ozturk told reporters she was excited to get back to her studi…

  14. WHDH Boston

    Turkish Tufts University student back in Boston after release from Louisiana detention center - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    BOSTON (WHDH) - BOSTON (AP) — A Tufts University student from Turkey returned to Boston on Saturday, one day after being released from a Louisiana immigration

  15. Boston

    Tufts student returns to Mass. after 6 weeks in immigration detention (opens Boston)

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    Boston's feed description

    Freed after her painful ordeal in a federal facility, Rumeysa Ozturk expressed joy, gratitude and continued faith in American democracy.

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