BU professor starts hunger strike to support free speech, detained students

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Boston University campus building. Jessica Rinaldi

By Beth Treffeisen

April 17, 2025 | 3:36 PM
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After Boston University repeatedly removed political signs—including one reading “Free Rumeysa” in support of a Tufts graduate student arrested by ICE—Professor Nathan Phillips reached a breaking point.

By 1 p.m. Tuesday, following the latest removal, he launched a hunger strike in protest.

“I’m calling for the immediate release of Rumeysa Öztürk, Mohsen Mahdawi, and Mahmoud Khalil,” Phillips said in a phone call to Boston.com. Also, for “BU to stop selectively removing signs of political speech on campus.”

Mahdawi, a Palestinian student protest leader from Columbia University, was arrested Monday at a Vermont immigration office. Khalil, a Columbia graduate, was detained by federal agents in March and is now fighting deportation in court.

FULL story: https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/04/17/bu-professor-starts-hunger-strike-to-support-free-speech-detained-students/

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1. One guy, doing his thing. Nice