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News of the arrest and detention of Harvard student Amar C. Bakshi ’06 in Zimbabwe came as a surprise to many students and faculty in the College. The idea that a visiting student could get arrested for doing legitimate academic work and be held in a Third World prison in appalling conditions for four days is all but unthinkable for those of us living in cushy Cambridge. Despite the seriousness of what happened, we are pleased that no one in the Office of International Programs nor in the wider College administration is reacting to Bakshi?...
Editor's Note: Since the publication of this story in September 2006, new information has arisen regarding the case in question. The allegations were proven false, the arrest was expunged, and subsequent police investigations and inquiries by Harvard's Administrative Board concluded that the claims made by the alleged victim in the subsequent story had no basis. At the time of these developments, The Crimson was not notified of the exoneration and therefore did not report on those developments. As such, we provide this note as a way of fully documenting the situation to its eventual conclusion...
...predecessor, Jonathan Moyo, who was expelled from Mugabe’s ruling party early last year. Harvard College halted funding for student travel to Zimbabwe in 2004 but lifted that restriction this past October. Nonetheless, Bakshi used his own means to pay for the trip. Even after his arrest, Bakshi said he does not believe Harvard should restrict student travel to Zimbabwe. “It’s a matter of your own personal maturity,” Bakshi said, though he recommended that the University compile a list of contacts for students in the region...
Even after his arrest, Bakshi said he does not believe Harvard should restrict student travel to Zimbabwe. "It’s a matter of your own personal maturity," Bakshi said, though he recommended that the University compile a list of contacts for students in the region...
After reading an article about Bakshi’s arrest on the website of the Zimbabwe Standard newspaper, Gwashavanhu said, "An article like this one is quite damaging...