Federal judge orders release of anti-Israel protester at Columbia

A federal judge ordered the release of an anti -Israel protester who helped organize riots and protests at the University of Colombia on Wednesday.

Mohsen Mahdawi, the author of the Green Card, has been detained earlier this month in Fairmont. American boycott judge, Jeffrey Crawford, ordered his release after a hearing on Wednesday morning.

“I am not afraid of you,” Mahdi announced in a letter to President Donald Trump as he left the court.

According to the court files, Mahdi participated in the founding of the Palestinian Student Union in Colombia in the fall of October 7, 2023, the Hamas terrorist attack. Founded the group with Mahmoud KhalilAnother supporter of the Palestinians detained by federal immigration officials as part of the Trump administration earlier this year.

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Members of the congress Council in Congress, MP Becca Palin, a democratic, a democratic, as well as the only members of the state in Congress, MP Becca Palin, a democratic condemnation of Mahdi’s arrest on April 14.

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The three issued a joint statement saying that Mahdawi entered into an immigration office because of “what was supposed to be the last step in his nationality,” and instead he was arrested and removed in handcuffs by sound pathology, individuals armed with their faces are covered. “

“These individuals refused to provide any information about the place that was transferred or what will happen to him,” the statement claims.

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“This is immoral, inhuman, and illegal,” continued. “Mr. Mahdawi, the legal resident of the United States, must be granted the legal procedures under the law and immediately released from detention.”

As a student in Colombia, Mahdawi was an explicit critic of the military campaign of Israel in Gaza and the organizer of protests on the campus until March 2024.

Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont had called for the release of Mahdawi, an anti -Israel student at Columbia University, after his arrest. (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images Ap)

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According to the court’s website, Mahdi was born in a refugee camp in the West Bank occupied by the Israeli and moved to the United States in 2014. He recently completed the courses in Colombia and was expected to graduate in May before the master’s degree program started there in the fall.

Peter Peterdo and Associated Press contributed to this report.