Badar Khan Suri: Georgetown academic freed from immigration detention

The Indian national and postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University was arrested by immigration agents in March.

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A federal judge ordered the release of Mr Suri, who was a postdoctoral fellow at the prestigious Washington DC institution on a student visa.

An Indian national, he was arrested outside his Virginia home on 17 March by immigration agents.

His lawyers say he was targeted "for speech in support of Palestinian rights and family ties to Gaza". US authorities accuse him of "spreading Hamas propaganda" and having "connections to a known or suspected terrorist".

The Justice Department argued the government had a right to detain him until court proceedings finished.