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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?...
Zimbabwean officials detained Amar C. Bakshi ‘06 on espionage charges late last month after he visited the African country to conduct thesis research on political propaganda, the Leverett House senior said. The increasingly autocratic regime of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe held the student for five days inside a cell that “reeked of feces,” Bakshi said.Bakshi, who hails from Washington D.C., said he boarded a British Airways jet to return to the United States on Dec. 30, but Zimbabwean authorities called him off the plane and would not let him leave...
Cabot House applied mathematics and economics concentrator Proud Dzambukira ‘07, a Zimbabwe native, was in Cambridge when he received a text message from Bakshi on the first night of his detention...
...Bakshi recalled that one boy who was detained alongside him said, "Make sure when you write up your thesis, make sure that you write about us, about all the good things." But, the boy added, "Be sure to tell them how horrific this...
Gwashavanhu referred further questions to Charamba, the Information Ministry chief whom Bakshi interviewed for his thesis. But Gwashavanhu declined to provide contact information for Charamba...