Rumeysa Ozturk: Turkish Tufts University student released on bail

Her arrest followed the White House's crackdown on what it has classified as antisemitism on US campuses.

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"Thank you so much. I am a little bit tired, so I will take some time to rest," she told reporters and supporters who were crowded outside the facility.

US District Judge William Sessions said the student met all the conditions needed for release and lambasted the government's case against her.

Ms Otzurk, a doctoral student from Turkey, co-authored an opinion piece in her campus newspaper that was critical of Israel's war. Her arrest follows the White House's crackdown on what it has classified as antisemitism on US campuses.

"Her continued detention chills the speech of millions in this country who are not citizens," the judge said on Friday as he ordered her release.