The United States on Wednesday released Columbia University and Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi. Mohsen Mahdawi, who has a permanent American stay or the status of a “green card”, was arrested by US immigration authorities
Mohsen Mahdawi was detained by American immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) when he appeared in an interview for American citizenship in Vermont in mid -April.
The legal team of Mohsen Mahdawi filed a request for his release, involving illegal imprisonment. Luna Droubi, one of his lawyers, claimed that the arrest was “in direct retaliation for his defense named Palestinians and because of his identity as Palestinia”, according to the BBC report.
The US government says it undermines US foreign policy. Luna Droubi, one of his lawyers, claimed that the arrest was “in direct retaliation for his defense named Palestinians and because of his identity as Palestinia”.
After two weeks in custody Mahdawi came out of the federal court building in Burlington in Vermont after the judge of the district US district Geoffrey Crawford ordered on Wednesday, according to his lawyers, reported about Reuters.
“My people in Palestine”
Mohsen Mahdawi thanked supporters outside the courtroom in his first statement after the release. The Palestinians said, “We are pro-peace and anti-war”.
“For my people in Palestine: I feel your pain, I see your suffering; and I see freedom and it’s very early.”
In particular, Mahdawi told CBS the day before his arrest that he was concerned that citizenship interview was a “setting”.
“It’s the first feeling like, I’ve been waiting for it for more than a year,” Mahdawi CBS said. “And the second feeling is like, wait a minute. Is it a honey trap?”
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