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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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An individual waves a Palestinian flag in front of The Embrace statue at the Boston Common. Pro-Palestine groups protested at the Commons on Oct. 7, which marked the two-year anniversary of the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war.

13 protesters detained at pro-Palestine demonstration in Boston Common

By Anika Kapasi October 8, 2025
A pro-Palestinian protest marking the second anniversary of the start of the Israel-Hamas war culminated in more than a dozen arrests after an altercation between protesters and police descended into violence. 
Protestors hold a Palestinian flag and signs in Somerville on Wednesday. Thousands of protestors gathered there to call for the release of a Tufts PhD student who was arrested by Federal Authorities Tuesday — the latest in a string of arrests by the Trump administration targeting international students who participated in pro-Palestine protests. PHOTO BY TRUMAN DICKERSON

Hundreds gather to protest ‘state-sanctioned political kidnapping’ of Tufts student by ICE

By Truman Dickerson, City Co-Editor March 26, 2025
Hundreds of protestors gathered in Somerville Wednesday to call for the release of a Tufts University student who was arrested by federal authorities Tuesday — the latest in a string of arrests by the Trump administration targeting international students who participated in pro-Palestine protests.
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