Newsday: South African researcher, anti-corruption campaigner refused entry at JFK
ne of South Africa’s most respected anti-corruption campaigners and political analysts said Tuesday that U.S. authorities deported him under armed escort over the weekend after he arrived in New York for a series of meetings with organizations including the World Bank.
Adam Habib, executive director of the government-funded Human Science Research Council’s program on democracy and governance, said he was held for several hours after he arrived early Saturday and then was questioned about possible links to terror organizations.
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