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Badar Khan Suri, Georgetown researcher married to former Hamas official’s daughter, is ordered freed from ICE detention

JL;DR SUMMARY The case of Bader Khan Suri, a Georgetown University researcher and Indian national, highlights contentious issues around accusations of pro-Palestinian activism and antisemitism in the U.S. Previously detained by ICE for allegedly promoting Hamas propaganda, his arrest was part of a broader Trump administration initiative targeting pro-Palestinian activities on campuses. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasTrump AdministrationFirst AmendmentNational SecurityPro Palestinian ActivismMiddle East PolicyGeorgetown UniversityIce DetentionBadar Khan Suri

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Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Bader Khan Suri, an Indian national, was arrested in March amid the Trump administrations early crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses, which it said it was undertaking to stop antisemitism."
Texas, United States
"Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetowns School of Foreign Service who was jailed in Texas, did not play an active role in pro-Palestinian activism on his campus."
India
"Bader Khan Suri, an Indian national, was arrested in March amid the Trump administrations early crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses, which it said it was undertaking to stop antisemitism."
Turkey
"Mahmoud Khalil, the first and most high-profile of those arrested, remains in detention, but several others, including a Tufts University graduate student from Turkey who co-authored an op-ed critical of Israel and a Columbia University undergraduate who was a protest leader, have been freed."

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