{"id":3784,"date":"2025-06-21T11:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T06:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=3784"},"modified":"2025-06-21T13:10:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T08:10:57","slug":"mahmoud-khalil-freed-from-us-detention-after-months-in-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/06\/21\/mahmoud-khalil-freed-from-us-detention-after-months-in-custody","title":{"rendered":"Mahmoud Khalil Freed from US Detention After Months in Custody"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University student and prominent leader in pro-Palestinian campus protests across the United States, was released Friday from a federal detention center after nearly three months in custody.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Khalil, a legal permanent resident married to a US citizen with a US-born son, had been facing potential deportation since his arrest in March.<\/p>\n

Release and Court Ruling<\/h4>\n

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The release came after a federal judge in Louisiana ordered Khalil\u2019s freedom, sparking strong reactions from both sides.<\/p>\n

Speaking outside the detention center in Jena, Louisiana, Khalil, wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf, expressed relief and frustration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis shouldn\u2019t have taken three months,\u201d he told US media.<\/p>\n

He criticized the previous Trump administration, stating, \u201cThere\u2019s no right person who should be detained for actually protesting a genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, the Department of Homeland Security condemned the judge\u2019s ruling, calling it an example of the judiciary undermining national security.<\/p>\n

Conditions of Release and Family Response<\/h4>\n

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Under the court\u2019s terms, Khalil must remain in the United States unless he chooses \u201cself-deportation,\u201d and faces travel restrictions within the country.<\/p>\n

His wife, Noor Abdalla, a Michigan-born dentist, welcomed the news with hope.<\/p>\n

She said the family could \u201cfinally breathe a sigh of relief\u201d now that Mahmoud is on his way home.<\/p>\n

Abdalla also highlighted the ongoing struggles faced by their family and others she said are targeted for speaking out against Israel\u2019s treatment of Palestinians.<\/p>\n

She gave birth to the couple\u2019s first child while Khalil was in detention, underscoring the emotional toll of the ordeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University student and prominent leader in pro-Palestinian campus protests across the United States, was released Friday from a federal detention center after nearly three months in custody. Khalil, a legal permanent resident married to a US citizen with a US-born son, had been facing potential deportation since his arrest …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1441,394,1861],"class_list":["post-3784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-detention","tag-protest","tag-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3786,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3784\/revisions\/3786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}