Joanna Slater

United States

National Correspondent at The Washington Post

Reporter at @washingtonpost. Former India Bureau Chief. Previously: @globeandmail, @WSJ, FEER. Delhi, New York, Berlin, Mumbai, HK. @[email protected]

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Former Syrian official claims Assad gave order to kill Austin Tice in 2013

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Ellen Nakashima |Souad Mekhennet |Joanna Slater |Aaron Schaffer

Former Syrian official claims Assad gave order to kill Austin Tice in 2013 (washingtonpost.com) Former Syrian official claims Assad gave order to kill Austin Tice in 2013 By Ellen Nakashima; Souad Mekhennet; Joanna Slater; Aaron Schaffer 2025061514560800 A former senior Syrian security official has told the FBI that American freelance journalist Austin Tice was killed in 2013 on the orders of President Bashar al-Assad, an account that has not been corroborated by the United States but marks...
Harvard could beat Trump in court but lose the war with his administration

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Susan Svrluga |Laura Meckler |Justine McDaniel |Joanna Slater

Harvard could beat Trump in court but lose the war with his administration (washingtonpost.com) Harvard could beat Trump in court but lose the war with his administration By Susan Svrluga; Laura Meckler; Justine McDaniel; Joanna Slater 2025060523451200 When the Trump administration tried to take away Harvard's ability to enroll foreign students, the university filed a lawsuit, and a federal judge blocked the order the next day.
Federal judge blocks ICE from detaining Columbia University student

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Joanna Slater |Susan Svrluga |Shayna Jacobs

Federal judge blocks ICE from detaining Columbia University student (washingtonpost.com) Federal judge blocks ICE from detaining Columbia University student By Joanna Slater; Susan Svrluga; Shayna Jacobs 2025060522132100 A federal judge issued a new order Thursday preventing the Trump administration from arresting a Columbia University student whom it is seeking to detain and deport after she participated in a pro-Palestinian demonstration earlier this year. U.S. Immigration and Customs...
Stuff

1 month ago | stuff.co.nz | Joanna Slater
Who is Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage released by Hamas?

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Joanna Slater |María Luisa Paúl |María Luisa Paúl

Who is Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage released by Hamas? (washingtonpost.com) Who is Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage released by Hamas? By Joanna Slater; María Luisa Paúl 2025051216323700 Edan Alexander, a 21-year-old who grew up in New Jersey, was released by Hamas on Monday after nearly 600 days in captivity.
Tufts student arrested by ICE freed from detention

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Joanna Slater

Tufts student arrested by ICE freed from detention (washingtonpost.com) Tufts student arrested by ICE freed from detention By Joanna Slater 2025050918153100 A Tufts University graduate student who was grabbed off the street in late March and detained for co-writing an opinion piece in a student newspaper was freed Friday after a federal judge ordered her release.
Detained Tufts student must be transferred to Vermont, appeals court rules

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Joanna Slater

Detained Tufts student must be transferred to Vermont, appeals court rules (washingtonpost.com) Detained Tufts student must be transferred to Vermont, appeals court rules By Joanna Slater 2025050718404100 A Tufts graduate student who has spent the past six weeks in a detention center in Louisiana for writing an opinion article in a student newspaper must be returned to Vermont for future hearings in her case, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
Judge orders release of Columbia student arrested by ICE

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Joanna Slater

Judge orders release of Columbia student arrested by ICE (washingtonpost.com) Judge orders release of Columbia student arrested by ICE By Joanna Slater 2025043015462600 BURLINGTON, Vermont — A U.S. district judge on Wednesday ordered the release of Mohsen Mahdawi, a permanent resident who was detained at his citizenship interview this month as part of a crackdown on pro-Palestinian activists by the Trump administration.
Columbia student arrested by ICE has deep well of support in Vermont

2 months ago | washingtonpost.com | Joanna Slater

Columbia student arrested by ICE has deep well of support in Vermont (washingtonpost.com) Columbia student arrested by ICE has deep well of support in Vermont By Joanna Slater 2025042310000300 HARTLAND, Vt. — The white steepled church in this tiny town was full, every seat taken and still more people standing at the back, all hoping to help the student they consider one of their own.
Turkish student grabbed by ICE feared for her life, court document says

2 months ago | unionleader.com | Joanna Slater

A Turkish graduate student detained outside her apartment by masked ICE agents last month was not told why she was being arrested and feared she was being abducted as she was transferred between cars and moved out of Massachusetts, a court document says. Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old doctoral student at Tufts University, did not know that the State Department had revoked her visa when she was apprehended on March 25 near Boston.