Who is Rumeysa Ozturk, the Turkish national facing deportation from the US?

Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old Turkish national on a student visa in the US, is currently being held at the South Louisiana Processing Center in Lousiana, accused of being “engaged in activities in support of Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization that relishes the killing of Americans”.

Masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents approached and physically restrained the Tufts University doctoral student and research assistant while on the street in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, 25 March.

The Department of Homeland Security and ICE have not publicly provided evidence for their allegations and she has not been charged with any crime.

Read more: Ozturk is a Fulbright Scholar - a programme which creates mutual understanding between Americans and people around the world