Georgetown Researcher Freed After Judge Rules Detention Violated Rights Amid Activism Crackdown

Georgetown Researcher Freed After Judge Rules Detention Violated Rights Amid Activism Crackdown

Georgetown Researcher Freed After Judge Rules Detention Violated Rights Amid Activism Crackdown Washington, D.C., May 15, 2025 — Georgetown University researcher Badar Khan Suri has been released from a Texas immigration detention center following a federal judge’s ruling that his arrest and continued detention violated his constitutional rights. Mr. Suri, an Indian national and postdoctoral…

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Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder Ben Cohen Arrested During Protest Over US Aid to Israel and Gaza Crisis

Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder Ben Cohen Arrested During Protest Over US Aid to Israel and Gaza Crisis

BlogHear.com | May 15, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. —Ben Cohen, co-founder of the ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s, was arrested on Wednesday during a protest in the US Senate over military aid to Israel and the humanitarian situation in Gaza. The protest occurred while Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was testifying…

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