Eugen Leitl on Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:06:40 +0100 (CET)


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Re: <nettime> [silk] US prof behind EVM study deported on arrival


----- Forwarded message from Ramakrishnan Sundaram <r.sundaram@gmail.com> -----

From: Ramakrishnan Sundaram <r.sundaram@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 21:32:33 +0530
To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
Subject: Re: [silk] <nettime> US prof behind EVM study deported on arrival
Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net

On 15 December 2010 20:04, Eugen Leitl <eugen@leitl.org> wrote:
> ----- Forwarded message from Frederick Noronha <fredericknoronha@gmail.com> -----
> US prof behind EVM study deported on arrival

> An American computer scientist, J Alex Halderman, who had co-authored
> a study titled âIndiaâs EVMs are vulnerable to fraudâ, was not allowed
> to enter the country after landing at the Indira Gandhi International
> (IGI) Airport here on Sunday evening. Airport sources said he would be
> deported, but offered no reason for the action.

The Indian Express story is incomplete. These professors were
eventually allowed to enter India.

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/foreign-researchers-detained-for-dissenting/137334-3.html?from=tn

Ram

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