{"id":17010,"date":"2025-05-06T08:32:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T08:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=17010"},"modified":"2025-05-06T08:32:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T08:32:53","slug":"turkish-phd-student-detained-in-harsh-conditions-in-u-s-over-pro-palestine-solidarity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/05\/06\/turkish-phd-student-detained-in-harsh-conditions-in-u-s-over-pro-palestine-solidarity\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkish PhD Student Detained in Harsh Conditions in U.S. Over Pro-Palestine Solidarity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-The lawyers representing Turkish PhD student R\u00fcmeysa \u00d6zt\u00fcrk, who is currently detained in the United States, have confirmed that she is being held in \u201cinhumane conditions\u201d, urging authorities not to delay her transfer to Vermont. Her detention stems from her public solidarity with Palestine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1088\" data-end=\"1255\">In a formal statement, \u00d6zt\u00fcrk\u2019s legal team said they would file an appeal with the Court of Appeals to prevent any further postponement of her transfer to Vermont.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1257\" data-end=\"1527\">The statement described her current detention in Louisiana as a serious threat to her health, noting that she is being held in a cramped room with 23 other women in poorly ventilated conditions, which has led to frequent and worsening asthma attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1529\" data-end=\"1648\">Whereas her asthma episodes previously lasted 5 to 15 minutes, they now extend to 45 minutes, the lawyers said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11927\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11927\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11927 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20-1.jpg\" alt=\"pro-Palestinian protests,\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20-1-390x220.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">pro-Palestinian students<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"1529\" data-end=\"1648\"><strong data-start=\"19\" data-end=\"108\" data-is-last-node=\"\">\u00d6zt\u00fcrk\u2019s Detention Sparks Legal Clash as U.S. Revokes Visas of Pro-Palestine Students<\/strong><\/h3>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-50\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"ce160fed-70ea-48af-813b-a1f3ddb1abf0\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"108\">\u00d6zt\u00fcrk has been held for approximately six weeks, and according to the lawyers, she is exposed to insect and rodent waste, has minimal access to outdoor air, and faces medical negligence, with delayed interventions and dismissive behavior from the facility\u2019s health staff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1944\" data-end=\"2216\">A federal judge in Massachusetts had ruled that \u00d6zt\u00fcrk\u2019s case must continue in Vermont instead of Louisiana, and another judge in Vermont ordered her transfer to a local facility by May 1. However, the U.S. government objected to this decision on April 24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2218\" data-end=\"2359\">\u00d6zt\u00fcrk was arrested on March 25 in Massachusetts and then transferred to Louisiana, where the initial hearing in her case took place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2361\" data-end=\"2504\">U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio previously stated that \u00d6zt\u00fcrk\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/28\/u-s-escalates-crackdown-on-pro-palestinian-students-300-visas-revoked-arrests-mount-under-trumps-second-term\/\">visa<\/a> had been revoked and that the U.S. intended to deport her.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9876\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9876\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9876 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fff-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\u00d6zt\u00fcrk\u2019s Detention Sparks Legal Clash as U.S. Revokes Visas of Pro-Palestine Students\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fff-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fff-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fff-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fff-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fff-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fff.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arrests among American university students protesting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2361\" data-end=\"2504\">Rubio also revealed that the U.S. had revoked visas of over 300 foreign students, labeling them as \u201cpro-Hamas\u201d and \u201clunatics\u201d for their stance against Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2674\" data-end=\"2775\">As of March, the United States has revoked the legal status of over 1,000 international students.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2777\" data-end=\"2958\">Several students have filed lawsuits against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/01\/29\/trump-to-revoke-visas-of-pro-palestinian-students-and-crack-down-on-anti-semitic-crimes\/\">Trump<\/a> administration for canceling their visas, and temporary court orders have restored status to a limited number of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-The lawyers representing Turkish PhD student R\u00fcmeysa \u00d6zt\u00fcrk, who is currently detained in the United States, have confirmed that she is being held in \u201cinhumane conditions\u201d, urging authorities not to delay her transfer to Vermont. Her detention stems from her public solidarity with Palestine. In a formal statement, \u00d6zt\u00fcrk\u2019s legal team said they would file &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3959,5273,3916],"class_list":["post-17010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-marco-rubio","tag-rumeysa-ozturk","tag-the-trump-administration"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Turkish PhD Student Detained in Harsh Conditions in U.S. Over Pro-Palestine Solidarity - Watan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Turkish doctoral student R\u00fcmeysa \u00d6zt\u00fcrk is being held in poor conditions in the U.S. after showing support for Palestine.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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