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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley has accused the Donald Trump administration of \u201cterrorising students to silence dissent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pressley made this claim in a post on X, where she issued a strongly worded defence of Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk.<\/p>\n

Ozturk was detained by immigration authorities in Massachusetts over her advocacy for Palestinian rights.<\/p>\n

She was whisked away by plainclothed, masked agents in the streets.<\/p>\n

Pressley described the incident, which was captured on video, as a \u201ckidnapping.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several international students, including Ozturk, have been arrested and had their visas revoked due to their activism against Israel\u2019s war on Gaza.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis administration is terrorising students to silence dissent because that\u2019s what a dictator does.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the only reason she was kidnapped is because she holds a dissenting political view, different from Donald Trump\u2019s. That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis should be a five-alarm fire for anyone who cares about free speech and our democracy\u2014regardless of your political party, ideology, or opinion on Israel, Palestine, or any other issue,\u201d Pressley wrote in a social media post.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley has accused the Donald Trump administration of \u201cterrorising students to silence dissent.\u201d Pressley made this claim in a post on X, where she issued a strongly worded defence of Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk. Ozturk was detained by immigration authorities in Massachusetts over her advocacy for Palestinian rights. 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