by Craig Nash | Apr 1, 2025 | Faith and Democracy|Opinion, Opinion
On Tuesday, March 25, Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old doctoral student from Turkey, was taken by masked plainclothes officers on the streets of Somerville, Massachusetts. She was on her way to meet friends to break her Ramadan fast. Ozturk’s lawyer has said she was not...
by Mitch Randall | Mar 28, 2025 | Opinion
Turkish national Rumeysa Ozturk planned to meet friends at an Iftar dinner on Tuesday to break their Ramadan fast. Ozturk never made it. As she walked on the sidewalk in Somerville, Massachusetts, the Tufts University Ph.D. candidate was taken into custody by six...