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WATCH: Georgetown scholar says he was 'chained, shackled' in ICE detention
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9:29Now PlayingIn their first broadcast interview since his release from ICE detention, Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri and his wife, Mapheze Saleh, spoke to PBS News' Laura Barrón-López about Khan Suri's recent release after nearly two months in a detention facility in Texas. The Trump administration accused Suri of "spreading Hamas propaganda and promoting antisemitism on social media"-- an accusation he denies.
"One should, at this time, show courage, because courage is also contagious. We need to break the cycle of chilling effect," Suri said when asked about why he's speaking out now about his case.
"This country promised me the right of free speech," Saleh said when addressing why she speaks out about what is happening in Palestine — where she was raised. "If today's its Palestine, then who’s next?”
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