The Indian scholar Badar Khan Suri tells torture in the us

Badar Khan Suri, an Indian academic and guest scientist at Georgetown University, was released from immigration authorities according to a judicial order.

Suri was arrested on March 17, 2025 by Federclothes Federal Agents in front of his house in Arlington, Virginia. He found almost two months in the Prairieland Detention Center in Texas. The US Ministry of Homeland Security accused him of spreading “close connections to a well -known or suspected terrorist” and Hamas propaganda on campus.

Suri described his prosecution as a “Kafka -isque” and said that he was chained everywhere – wrist, ankle and body. “I was chained – my ankle, my wrist, my body. Everything was chained.” He also mentioned that in the first seven to eight days he didn’t know where he was brought and even missed his shadow.

“I even missed my shadow in the first seven or eight days,” said NBC News. He also added: “There was no charges, there was nothing.” He said, “They made me a sub -person.”

Suri claimed that the institutions were unsanitary and tried to make concerns in the Ombudsman, but never received an answer, according to the NBC report. During his detention, Suri was tense with his family at home. “I was only worried that my children suffered because of me. My eldest son is only nine and my twins are only five.” He also said: “My nine -year -old knows where I am. He went through very hard times. My wife always told me that he was crying. He needs support from mental health.”

The US district judge Patricia Giles, who decided from Alexandria, Virginia, ordered Suris immediate release and explained that his detention violated the first change – the right to freedom of expression. The judge approved his return to his family for personal recognition.

Suris’ lawyers submitted a Habeas Corpus petition to question the legality of his detention according to the report. According to court documents, Suri was sent to Texas after he was arrested in Virginia overnight, and then moved to Louisiana for space lack in Virginia.

Tricia McLaughlin, deputy secretary of the Ministry of Homeland Protection, had said that Suri spread the Hamas propaganda on campus and “close connections to a well -known or suspected terrorist”.

Suri’s case has expressed concerns about the policy of the Trump administration in terms of immigration and freedom of speech. Hassan Ahmad, his lawyer, argued that he was targeted for his political views and associations.

In his petition, Suri’s lawyer said that he was “punished for his wife’s Palestinian heritage and because the government suspects that he and his wife are against the foreign policy of US foreign policy against Israel.

Suri taught “majority and minority rights in South Asia” and also received his doctorate in conflict studies from India. His father-in-law, Ahamed Yousef, was a former deputy foreign minister in the Hamas government in Gaza.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) supported Suris Fall and emphasized that ideas are not illegal and that the government’s actions could relax freedom of speech.

Suri is now waiting for the deportation procedure in Texas while he lives with his family in Virginia. The Trump administration is considering exposing Habeas Corpus for immigrants, which could quickly pursue the deportation process. However, the US Senator Amy Klobuchar has explained that the Habeas Corpus Congress is probably not the other way around, and the president cannot do it alone.