"We are beyond worried; we are all terrified. DHS has refused to tell any of us what hospital she was taken to, let alone confirm whether Leqaa is even alive," her cousin, Hamzah Abushaban, said."
"When I saw her last week, separated by wired glass, she was so ill that she could not even lift the phone to her ear to speak to me. Her condition was visibly alarming. She looked frail, pale, and exhausted."
"She told me she feels as though she is 'slowly dying in here,'" Abushaban said."
Leqaa Kordia, a detained Palestinian Columbia University activist, was rushed to the hospital and her family and legal team say DHS is withholding information about her whereabouts and health status. Attorneys and family were informed she needed another night's hospital stay but were not given confirmation of the reason; they report she reportedly fainted and had a seizure. A cousin who saw her behind wired glass described her as frail, pale, and exhausted and said she told him she feels as though she is slowly dying in detention. Demonstrators gathered in Times Square to demand the release of other detained Columbia students.
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