PEN America ‘gravely concerned’ by deportation of Australian writer critical of Trump administration
US administration describes suggestion Alistair Kitchen was targeted because of his political beliefs as ‘unequivocally false’Australia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA major writers’ advocacy group has condemned the detention and deportation of an Australian writer from the US as “gravely concerning”, while the US administration rejected the suggestion he was targeted because of his political beliefs as “unequivocally false”.Alistair Kitchen, a former Columbia University postgraduate student, was last week detained at Los Angeles airport before being deported back to Melbourne. He said he was “explicitly” told by US border officials he had been held because of his writing on pro-Palestinian campus protests.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
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US administration describes suggestion Alistair Kitchen was targeted because of his political beliefs as ‘unequivocally false’
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A major writers’ advocacy group has condemned the detention and deportation of an Australian writer from the US as “gravely concerning”, while the US administration rejected the suggestion he was targeted because of his political beliefs as “unequivocally false”.
Alistair Kitchen, a former Columbia University postgraduate student, was last week detained at Los Angeles airport before being deported back to Melbourne. He said he was “explicitly” told by US border officials he had been held because of his writing on pro-Palestinian campus protests.
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