Jean Lee

Honolulu

Presidential Chair @EastWestCenter, co-host of @BBC's #LazarusHeist and former AP Pyongyang bureau chief. Find me on IG: @newsjean

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Harvard researcher is released from federal custody following accusations of smuggling frog embryos

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jean Lee

Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist who was arrested last month on a federal smuggling charge, was released Wednesday from federal custody following a detention hearing in Boston. Petrova, a Russian citizen, was taken into custody in May after prosecutors in Massachusetts accused her of smuggling frog embryos into the United States without properly declaring them. She was released Thursday on conditions agreed to by both sides.
Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova is granted bail but remains in custody on a smuggling charge

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Jean Lee

Men face prison for human smuggling after Indian family of 4 died while attempting to cross U.S.-Canada borderMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — More than three years after a family of four from India froze to death while trying to cross into the U.S. along a remote stretch …
Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova is granted bail but remains in custody on a smuggling charge

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Jean Lee

A federal judge granted bail Wednesday to Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova, who has spent more than three months in custody after failing to declare frog embryos upon arriving in the United States. U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss in Vermont said that Petrova's continued detention by immigration authorities was unjustified and that it raised serious legal concerns about the government’s actions.
Harvard scientist facing deportation is charged with smuggling

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Jean Lee

Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born Harvard scientist, has been charged with smuggling biological material into the United States — an escalation in a case that has already raised legal and civil rights questions over her detention. Federal prosecutors allege that Petrova, 30, violated U.S. customs law by failing to declare preserved frog embryos in her luggage when she arrived at Boston Logan International Airport on Feb. 16 from Paris. She now faces a charge of smuggling goods into the United States.
Harvard scientist facing deportation is charged with smuggling

1 month ago | nbcphiladelphia.com | Jean Lee

Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born Harvard scientist, has been charged with smuggling biological material into the United States - an escalation in a case that has already raised legal and civil rights questions over her detention. Federal prosecutors allege that Petrova, 30, violated U.S. customs law by failing to declare preserved frog embryos in her luggage when she arrived at Boston Logan International Airport on Feb. 16 from Paris. She now faces a charge of smuggling goods into the United States.
Harvard scientist facing deportation is charged with smuggling

1 month ago | nbcchicago.com | Jean Lee

Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born Harvard scientist, has been charged with smuggling biological material into the United States — an escalation in a case that has already raised legal and civil rights questions over her detention. Federal prosecutors allege that Petrova, 30, violated U.S. customs law by failing to declare preserved frog embryos in her luggage when she arrived at Boston Logan International Airport on Feb. 16 from Paris. She now faces a charge of smuggling goods into the United States.
Harvard scientist facing deportation is charged with smuggling

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Jean Lee

A manuscript once considered an unofficial "copy" of the Magna Carta is now believed to be a genuine version and ''one of the world's most valuable documents'', according to UK academics. Harvard Law School paid $27.50 (then about £7) for it in 1946 and for years it has remained tucked away in its …
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Jean Lee

A groundbreaking microscope at Harvard Medical School could lead to breakthroughs in cancer detection and research into longevity. But the scientist who developed computer scripts to read its images and unlock its full potential has been in an immigration detention center for two months — putting crucial scientific advancements at risk. The scientist, the 30-year-old Russian-born Kseniia Petrova, worked at Harvard’s renowned Kirschner Lab until her arrest at a Boston airport in mid-February.
Judge questions deportation case of Harvard scientist accused of smuggling frog embryos

2 months ago | nbcchicago.com | Jean Lee

An immigration judge has found the U.S. government’s initial deportation case against Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born Harvard scientist held in ICE detention, to be legally deficient, her attorney said, raising questions about whether the case can move forward. The preliminary immigration hearing, held in Jena, Louisiana, included three trial attorneys and a deputy chief counsel from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Judge questions deportation case of Harvard scientist accused of smuggling frog embryos

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Jean Lee

An immigration judge has found the U.S. government’s initial deportation case against Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born Harvard scientist held in ICE detention, to be legally deficient, her attorney said, raising questions about whether the case can move forward. The preliminary immigration hearing, held in Jena, Louisiana, included three trial attorneys and a deputy chief counsel from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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