The gathering was organized less than 24 hours after a graduate student was detained Tuesday night.

Students and local activists gathered on Wednesday evening at Powder House Park to protest the detainment of Tufts graduate student, Rümeysa Öztürk, by federal authorities on Tuesday. The protest was organized by Coalition for Palestinian Liberation, formerly known as the Coalition for Palestinian Liberation at Tufts, and other activist groups from the Greater Boston area.

The university confirmed Wednesday night that Öztürk — a doctoral candidate in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development — was moved to Louisiana after being detained on her way to an Iftar gathering for Ramadan at Tufts’ Interfaith Center. Her attorney, Mahsa Khanbabai, previously filed a writ of habeas corpus to argue her release, and a judge ordered Öztürk to not be removed from Massachusetts for at least 48 hours without proper notice.

A video showing masked law enforcement officers approaching Öztürk on a Somerville street circulated widely online.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has not clarified the charges being levied against Öztürk and did not respond to the Daily’s request for comment.

The roughly half dozen speakers ranged from Tufts undergraduate students to members of the Muslim Justice League, Palestinian Youth Movement and the Immigrant Justice Network of MA, who spoke about the need for individuals to know their rights and directed the crowd toward immigration resources.