Burlington, April 23 (RHC)-- Senator Peter Welch from the U.S. state of Vermont has met with detained Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi, a green card holder from Palestine who was arrested in Vermont when he appeared for what he was told would be a naturalization test.

Ahead of his arrest, Mahdawi helped lead campus protests against Israel’s war on Gaza. 
Senator Welch, who’s calling for Mahdawi’s release, published a brief interview with Mahdawi recorded inside the Northwest State Correctional Facility.  

Mohsen Mahdawi: “I want to tell everyone that I feel so loved and so supported. And I am here in good hands. I am centered.  I am clear.  I am grounded.  And I don’t want you to worry about me.  I want you to continue working for the democracy of this country and for humanity.  The war must stop.”

[ SOURCE:  DEMOCRACY NOW ]