US family demands pro-Palestine protester’s release after hospitalisation
World • 5d ago
Loved ones say they were ‘stonewalled’ by immigration agents as Leqaa Kordia was rushed to the hospital from a US detention centre.
Leqaa Kordia’s family say they were left in the dark when the 33-year-old was rushed from an immigration detention centre in Texas to a nearby hospital late last week.
For more than 12 hours, Kordia’s family and legal representation said they were given no information about her whereabouts and condition. Her cousin, Hamzah Abushaban, said the family was “stonewalled, like hardcore”, as they searched for answers.
“Full transparency: Many people in her family thought she might have died, especially with the secrecy of her condition,” Abushaban told Al Jazeera. “Sometimes, silence speaks for itself.”
Her family and legal team confirmed on Tuesday that she has...