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 ...

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 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.

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.

Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University doctoral student and Turkish national, was released from federal custody on Friday, hours after a judge in Vermont ordered the Trump administration to free her.

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 ...