The ICE Detention of a Turkish Student Is a Serious Free Speech Test
How much do you really believe in free speech?
On Tuesday evening, Turkish doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk was on her way to meet friends for an iftar dinner to break her Ramadan fast. She never made it there. Instead, the 30-year-old Tufts University PhD student was surrounded by six plainclothes officers who grabbed her arms, confiscated her phone, and pulled masks over their faces as they detaine…
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