Georgetown alumni and students call for release of scholar detained by immigration authorities
Apr 14, 2025
Letter says Trump administration’s detention of Khan Suri ‘represents a fundamental violation of academic freedom’More than 370 alumni of Georgetown University joined 65 current students there in signing onto a letter opposing immigration authorities’ detention of Dr Badar Khan Suri, a senio
r postdoctoral fellow at the institution’s Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU).The letter, dated Sunday and shared with the Guardian, follows the Trump administration’s detention of Khan Suri – a citizen of India – on 17 March. He is being held at an immigration prison in Alvarado, Texas, where his next hearing is scheduled for 6 May. Continue reading... ...read more read less