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May 07, 2025

Appeals Court Orders Trump Administration to Transfer Rümeysa Öztürk to Vermont

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the government to comply with a lower court’s ruling to move Ms. Öztürk from a Louisiana detention center to a facility in Vermont.
Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression
Apr 29, 2025

Appeals Court to Consider Stay of Rümeysa Öztürk’s Transfer to Vermont

We are ready to argue her case before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and we won’t stop fighting until she is free.
Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression, Immigrants' Rights
Apr 25, 2025

Appeals Court Must Reject Government’s Cruel Attempt to Keep Rümeysa Özturk in Louisiana

The district court's proceedings should continue and that the Second Circuit Court of Appeals should deny the government’s attempt to halt Ms. Öztürk's transfer to Vermont.
Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression
Apr 18, 2025

Court Rules Rümeysa Öztürk’s Lawsuit Should Move Forward in Vermont and Orders ICE to Transfer Her Back to New England

With this ruling, a federal court has rightfully reaffirmed that Rümeysa Öztürk’s case belongs in Vermont — significantly closer to her friends, community, and counsel.
Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression, Immigrants' Rights
Apr 17, 2025

Rümeysa Öztürk Denied Bond, Remains Unlawfully Detained in Louisiana

An immigration court denied bond to Rümeysa Öztürk, who the Trump administration targeted for arrest, detention, and deportation in retaliation for an op-ed she co-authored in her student newspaper. 
Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression
Apr 04, 2025

Court Rules Rümeysa Öztürk’s Lawsuit Should Move Forward in Vermont

The Court rightfully, and with appropriate urgency, rejected the Trump administration’s attempted manipulation to move Rümeysa Öztürk’s case to Louisiana.
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights, Free Speech and Expression
Apr 03, 2025

Court hears arguments on the unconstitutional ICE detention of Rümeysa Öztürk

Members of Rümeysa Öztürk’s legal team argued before the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in Boston that Ms. Öztürk’s challenge to her unlawful detention and attempted deportation.
Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression, Immigrants' Rights
Mar 28, 2025

In New Filing, Rümeysa Öztürk Urges Court to Protect Her Rights, Release Her

Grabbing someone off the streets, stripping them of their student visa, and detaining them solely based on political viewpoint is an affront to everyone's constitutional rights.
Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression, Immigrants' Rights
Mar 12, 2025

Doctors Challenge Removal of Their Patient Safety Research from Federal Website

This is an intentional erasure of knowledge, an attack on the integrity of scientific research, and an affront to the public’s need for accurate, adequate health information.
Issue Areas: Free Speech and Expression