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A Cornell University student facing deportation after his visa was revoked because of his campus activism said he decided to leave the United States. 

Momodou Taal, a citizen of the United Kingdom and Gambia, had asked a federal court to halt his detention. But he posted on X late Monday that he didn’t believe a legal ruling in his favor would guarantee his safety or ability to speak out.

“I have lost faith I could walk the streets without being abducted,” Momodou Taal wrote from an unknown location. “Weighing up these options, I took the decision to leave on my own terms.”

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[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 49 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I totally understand him, the Americans, Russians, Chinese, North Koreans in the end are on their own to fight against their authoritarian governments.

[–] adm@lemm.ee 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's so wild to see my country on that list with the "big three"

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 13 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Personally I'd put Americans with the Hungarians and Turks instead. Still bad, but not quite that bad... Yet.

[–] Sundiata@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

"And then it got worse"

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"I thought it was just a normal day. I mean, 4 years, how long could that be. Then one day, out of nowhere, I heard a bunch of helicopters hovering, and I heard sirens wailing. Just another day of police chases, I thought, nothing unusual. I went on my laptop and tried to watch a Youtube Video, but the browser says 'Unable to connect'. I tried to use my phone's hotspot, same thing. I tried to call a friend, but calls keep geting dropped, and even SMS says 'undeliverable'. My phone says 'Emergency Only' instead of the carrier name. Oh well, I'm bored and there's nothing to do, I guess I'll just do my grocerry shopping early. I drive to the grocerry store and on the way there, I saw a bunch of soldiers with a roadblock thing and… it’s a checkpoint…

The next thing I saw on my phone was an emergency alert 'Martial Law has been Declared Nationwide effective immediately...'"

[–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago

How cute that you believe that.