Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Updated at 6:49 p.m. BURLINGTON — A federal judge in Vermont on Friday ordered that Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish graduate student who has spent the past six weeks ...

A federal appeals court in New York Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to transfer Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University doctoral student, from Louisiana to Vermont to continue her ...

Rümeysa Öztürk was released on Friday after 5 p.m., speaking briefly to supporters and press outside of the Basile, Louisiana, facility. “Thank you so much for all the support and love,” she said.

NEW YORK – The Second Circuit Court of Appeals today denied the Trump administration’s attempt to further delay Rümeysa Öztürk’s transfer to Vermont. The appeals court ordered the government to comply ...

A federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s decision to transfer Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk from a Louisiana immigration detention center back to custody in Vermont. In an ...

An appeals court in New York on Wednesday rejected a motion by the federal government to delay or block Rümeysa Öztürk's transfer to Vermont for a hearing. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ...

Rümeysa Öztürk says she has endured crowded and contaminated dorms, 45-minute asthma attacks, and uncontrollable coughing.

A federal judge in Vermont had, last month ... arrested and locked up for their political views. Every day that Rümeysa Öztürk remains in detention is a day too long,” Bhandari said.