The US federal judge extended the custody of the leader of the propalestine protests to Mahmúd Khagalil, despite the expected release, his lawyer said on Friday. The court justified the decision with the new accusation, which raised President Donald Trump’s administration against Khan, writes TASR, according to the AFP report.
She heard in March to the retention center in Jena, Louisiana. Judge Michael Fabiarz decided on Wednesday that the government could not detain him or deport him based on the claims of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Marc Rubia that she had the presence in the US, where he has a legal permanent residence, pose a threat to national security.
His lawyers question the legality of custody and claim that the Trump government limits the freedom of expression by this step. The judge gave the administration time to Friday to release. However, according to the judge, she said on the same day of noon that she was detained on the basis of a “other, the second charge”.
The Ministry blames him for detaining information
ABC News reported that the Ministry of Internal Security has submitted to the Court of Press clippings from various American tabloid diaries, according to which he knew who is married to an American citizen, applying for a green card for permanent residence for some information about his work or participation in a boycott campaign.
In a statement, his lawyer Amy Greer has accused the US government of using a “cruel and transparent delay tactics” to make Khan prevent her wife and their newborn son on the first day of fathers on Sunday.
“Instead of celebrating together, he is in custody as a punishment for his defense of his Palestinian fellow citizens. It is unfair, shocking and shameful,” the advocate said.
A well -known face
He has been one of the well -known faces of the protest university movement, which has been organizing demonstrations since last year in order to express his disagreement with the war of Israel against the militant movement of Hamas in the Gaza Strip. This armed conflict caused the invasion of the Palestinian armed groups to the south of Israel from October 7, 2023.
Demonstrations in the soil of many American universities, including Colombian, resulted in their participants and organizers blamed for anti -Semitism. Some demonstrations degenerated into violence and the universities had to disturb them for them.
