Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil released after more than three months

The Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was released on Friday evening American time after being detained for more than three months, reporting international press agencies. Earlier in the day, a judge had ordered his release from a remote ICE detention center in the state of Louisiana.

Khalil graduated from Columbia University was one of the leaders of protests at American universities against the war in Gaza. He was arrested in March by the American immigration service ICE and, despite not being accused of a violation of the law, threatened to be deported.

President Trump spoke on his platform Truth Social of ‘pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activities’ and made him a symbol of his policy to deport students who participated in Pro-Palestinian protests. Khalil had a permanent residence permit, but it was withdrawn after his arrest.

Several judges have considered the case. For example, he could first be switched off the US, but another judge later put a stop to it. Last week a judge in New Jersey ruled that the government of Donald Trump robs him with the detention of his freedom of expression.

And on Friday the same judge decided that Khalil may await his trial in release, because the remaining charges on, among other things, ‘errors in his application for a permanent residence permit’ do not justify his detention. According to the judge, it is ‘very, very unusual’ that the government holds a legal resident of the US, of which it is “unlikely to flee” and who is not accused of “any form of violence.”

“The right has trembled, but it took far too long,” said Khalil after his release. The detention said he “gave a different look at this country that claims to be champion human rights, freedom and justice.” The activist born in Syria now wants to return to his wife in New York and to their baby born during his imprisonment.

Trump’s government announced on Friday evening to appeal against the release of Khalil, reports AP.

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