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Palestinian human rights activist Mohsen Mahdawi is freed from US prison

A PALESTINIAN student who led protests against Israel's genocidal war on Gaza and was arrested by immigration officials while finalising his US citizenship has been freed.

US Immigration authorities have been arresting and detaining university students around the country since the first days of Donald Trump's administration, many of whom participated in campus protests against Israel's destruction of Gaza, which has killed more than 52,000 Palestinians.

Mohsen Mahdawi is among the first of those students to win his freedom after challenging an arrest.

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