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2026-10-09 · Aljazeera

US ICE releases Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh from custody

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency in the United States has released Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh from custody after he was detained on September 24. The award-winning filmmaker was released on Thursday, two days after he was granted bond, according to a statement by a campaign of his friends and relatives to free him. However, ICE’s deportation case against Sheikh continues with the next hearing set for October 27, the campaign said. Sheikh, whose work has explored conflict in his native India-administered Kashmir, was detained by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as he disembarked from a plane at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, DC, after arriving from California.

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