New Delhi: The Indian government has advised its citizens studying in the US to comply with American laws after a researcher was arrested and another student had to self-deport to Canada. Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University, has been accused by US authorities of spreading “Hamas propaganda” while Columbia University student Ranjini Srinivasan‘s visa … Read more
Badar Khan Suri wanted to have a dreamy wedding in Gaza. Guests had arrived and the venue was ready. But fate had other plans. The violent situation in Egypt did not allow Mr Suri’s family to cross over into Gaza. They finally married in Delhi on January 1, 2014. For Mr Suri, an Indian, and … Read more
Washington: A US judge ordered Thursday that an Indian researcher at a top American university not be removed from the country, following his arrest and threat of expulsion for alleged Hamas ties. The detention of Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University in the US capital, came as fears mounted in the academic world … Read more
Badar Khan Suri, an Indian-origin postdoctoral associate at Georgetown University in the US, has been arrested and faces deportation. He has been teaching a class on “Majoritarianism and Minority Rights in South Asia.” According to a statement from the Georgetown University spokesperson, Mr Suri obtained a US visa “to continue his doctoral research on peacebuilding … Read more
An Indian researcher, studying at Georgetown University in the US, has been arrested by immigration officers and faces deportation, according to his lawyer. Badar Khan Suri, a post-doctoral fellow, was arrested by “masked agents” outside his home in Virginia, on Monday night, Politico reported. The agents identified themselves as being with the Department of Homeland … Read more