Adam Habib

Adam Habib is a citizen of South Africa, a professor of political science, and deputy vice chancellor of the University of Johannesburg.cite web
url=http://www.ukzn.ac.za/ccs/default.asp?10,24,8,49
title=Adam Habib: personal details
publisher=Center for Civil Society
accessdate=2007-11-18] cite web
url=http://sds.ukzn.ac.za/default.php?2,4,58,4,0
title=Adam Habib: Honorary Research Professors and Fellows
publisher=School of Development, University of KwaZulu, Natal
accessdate=2007-11-18] cite news
url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1116/p07s01-woaf.html
title=South African fights denial of U.S. visa
publisher=Christian Science Monitor
author=Scott Baldauf
date=November 16 2007
accessdate=2007-11-18] His most recent appointment was as a research professor at the Center for Civil Society.

Barred entry to the United States

In October 2006 Habib was apprehended and deported when he flew into John F. Kennedy Airport, in New York City.cite news
url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=qw1161766982976B224
title= US embassy probing SA academic's deportation
publisher=The Independent
date=October 25 2006
accessdate=2007-11-18] cite web
url=http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/31291prs20070810.html
title=ACLU Rebukes U.S. Government for Failing to Act on Visa Request of South African Scholar
publisher=American Civil Liberties Union
date=October 8 2007
accessdate=2007-11-18] Habib had studied in New York when he was in graduate school. He had made numerous trips to New York in the past.

This trip was one with colleagues from South Africa's Human Sciences Research Council. His itinerary had included visitingthe National Institute of Health, the Centres for Disease Control and the World Bank.

In November 2006 Habib and his wife learned that she and their two children, aged 8 and 11, would also be barred entry to the USA.cite news
url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-habib/banned-why-a-south-afric_b_65800.html
title=Banned: Why a South African is Going to Court in the U.S.
publisher=Huffington Post
author=Adam Habib
date=September 25, 2007
accessdate=2007-11-18]

In November 2007, according to the "New York Times", the US informed Habib he had been barred entry over allegations of: "...engaging in terrorist activities."cite news
url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/15/us/15brfs-HABIB.html?ex=1352782800&en=ebbfdcb6c3f238cd&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
title=Lawsuit over visa for Muslim academic
publisher=New York Times
author=Neil MacFarquhar
date=November 15 2007
accessdate=2007-11-18] The "Christian Science Monitor" reported that he had been barred due to having: "...links to terrorism".cite news
url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1116/p07s01-woaf.html
title=South African fights denial of U.S. visa
publisher=Christian Science Monitor
author=Scott Baldauf
date=November 16 2007
accessdate=2007-11-18] "

The American Civil Liberties Union tried to aid Habib in learning the reasons he was barred. Upon the release of the justification the ACLU shifted its effort to get the evidence supporting the allegation, if any, released.

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*cite news
url=http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=6&art_id=vn20071111085221827C642728
title=No explosive skeletons in his family's closet
publisher=The Independent
author=Jeremy Gordin
date=November 11 2007
accessdate=2007-11-10