David Saavedra (@davidsaavedra.bsky.social)

Wife of British journalist ‘abducted by ICE’ speaks out: ‘We’re being kept in the dark’ Soumaya Hamdi says she has barely spoken to Sami Hamdi since he was taken over his pro-Palestinian advocacy The wife of a British political commentator who was detained by immigration authorities while on a speaking tour of the US said she has only been able to speak with him for “30 seconds” since he was taken into custody on Sunday over his pro-Palestinian advocacy. Soumaya Hamdi told the Guardian she first learned her husband, Sami Hamdi, was detained at San Francisco international airport when a friend asked her to confirm rumors he had been “abducted by ICE”. When he was finally able to briefly call her, Hamdi only had enough time to say he had been taken to an immigration detention center in McFarland, California, where he remains. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/30/sami-hamdi-ice-detention-interview-wife?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu