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Georgetown University Grad Student from India arrested by Masked men from the Dept of Homeland Security outside his home. He was only informed his Visa had been Revoked by the US Govt as the reason for his arrest.
Suri has travelled extensively in the conflict zones in India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Palestinian areas, his university profile says.
His Georgetown profile says he is an “interdisciplinary scholar” whose areas of interest are religion, violence and peace, ethnic conflicts and peace processes in the Middle East and South Asia.
His biography says he completed his Ph.D. in peace and conflict studies from the Nelson Mandela Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution at Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi in 2020. He wrote his thesis on “Transitional Democracy, Divided Societies and Prospects for Peace: A Study of State Building in Afghanistan and Iraq.”
Georgetown University said it has not been told why Suri was detained.
“We are not aware of him engaging in any illegal activity, and we have not received a reason for his detention. We support our community members’ rights to free and open inquiry, deliberation and debate, even if the underlying ideas may be difficult, controversial or objectionable," the university said. "We expect the legal system to adjudicate this case fairly.”
Suri has travelled extensively in the conflict zones in India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Palestinian areas, his university profile says.
His Georgetown profile says he is an “interdisciplinary scholar” whose areas of interest are religion, violence and peace, ethnic conflicts and peace processes in the Middle East and South Asia.
His biography says he completed his Ph.D. in peace and conflict studies from the Nelson Mandela Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution at Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi in 2020. He wrote his thesis on “Transitional Democracy, Divided Societies and Prospects for Peace: A Study of State Building in Afghanistan and Iraq.”
Georgetown University said it has not been told why Suri was detained.
“We are not aware of him engaging in any illegal activity, and we have not received a reason for his detention. We support our community members’ rights to free and open inquiry, deliberation and debate, even if the underlying ideas may be difficult, controversial or objectionable," the university said. "We expect the legal system to adjudicate this case fairly.”