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U.S. BROADCASTER DAVID BARSAMIAN REFUSED ENTRY TO INDIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 28, 2011 - 16:10 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - David Barsamian is an Armenian-American radio
broadcaster, writer, and the founder and director of Alternative
Radio - the Boulder, Colorado-based syndicated weekly talk program
heard on some 125 radio stations in various countries.
He was deported on arrival from the Indira Gandhi International Airport
on September 23/24, i.e he was denied entry into India and was put
on a return flight to the U.S. The authorities said the action was
taken because he had been misusing his tourist visa. Mr Barsamian is a
regular visitor to India, speaks fluent Hindustani, and has also been
learning music from Delhi-based sitar maestro Pandit Debu Chaudhuri.
Mr Barsamian has done several radio programs criticizing India's
position on Kashmir and has commented on the Maoist movement in central
India. He is also a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy and is best
known for his series of interviews with Noam Chomsky, which have been
published in book form and translated into many languages.
According to Khurram Parvez, coordinator of Association of Parents
of Disappeared Persons (APDP), Mr Barsamian was scheduled to travel
to Srinagar this week to report on over 2000 unmarked graves found
in north Kashmir recently, Pacific Free Press reported.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 28, 2011 - 16:10 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - David Barsamian is an Armenian-American radio
broadcaster, writer, and the founder and director of Alternative
Radio - the Boulder, Colorado-based syndicated weekly talk program
heard on some 125 radio stations in various countries.
He was deported on arrival from the Indira Gandhi International Airport
on September 23/24, i.e he was denied entry into India and was put
on a return flight to the U.S. The authorities said the action was
taken because he had been misusing his tourist visa. Mr Barsamian is a
regular visitor to India, speaks fluent Hindustani, and has also been
learning music from Delhi-based sitar maestro Pandit Debu Chaudhuri.
Mr Barsamian has done several radio programs criticizing India's
position on Kashmir and has commented on the Maoist movement in central
India. He is also a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy and is best
known for his series of interviews with Noam Chomsky, which have been
published in book form and translated into many languages.
According to Khurram Parvez, coordinator of Association of Parents
of Disappeared Persons (APDP), Mr Barsamian was scheduled to travel
to Srinagar this week to report on over 2000 unmarked graves found
in north Kashmir recently, Pacific Free Press reported.
From: A. Papazian