Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester • Hacker News Board

Re: Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester

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Post by e1g » Sat, Jan 28, 2017, 10:02 PM UTC

tyfon wrote: post #7

A friendly reminder from over the pond (that is Europe). https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007392 You need to speak up now, or one does not know where this will end.

> "First they came for the Socialists..."

Yep, and we are already all the way up to "arresting 6 journalists covering public protests against the unpopular ruler"

Re: Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester

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Post by Buge » Sat, Jan 28, 2017, 10:02 PM UTC

obi1kenobi wrote: post #5

Please also remember to sign the petition, in addition to discussing it in the comments! 100k signatures is a lot, but not for HackerNews ;)

Is the site broken or delayed or something? There was 1 signature, I signed it (and verified my email) and it still says there is 1 signature.

Re: Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester

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Post by ryderm » Sat, Jan 28, 2017, 10:02 PM UTC

Anybody else seeing that the site is broken? It says 1 vote still, even after signing and confirming my email.

Re: Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jan 28, 2017, 10:03 PM UTC

obi1kenobi wrote: post #5

Please also remember to sign the petition, in addition to discussing it in the comments! 100k signatures is a lot, but not for HackerNews ;)

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Re: Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester

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Post by akerro » Sat, Jan 28, 2017, 10:03 PM UTC

A lot of international students in UK think the same about Brexit, once pound hits 1:1 with Euro there will be less reasons to stay in the UK for them. What means less people will pay their student loans from government, and UK will lose access to European bailiffs...

Re: Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jan 28, 2017, 10:04 PM UTC

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Re: Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester

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Post by alando46 » Sat, Jan 28, 2017, 10:05 PM UTC

Buge wrote: post #12

obi1kenobi wrote: post #5

Please also remember to sign the petition, in addition to discussing it in the comments! 100k signatures is a lot, but not for HackerNews ;)

Is the site broken or delayed or something? There was 1 signature, I signed it (and verified my email) and it still says there is 1 signature.

^same

Re: Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester

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Post by catawbasam » Sat, Jan 28, 2017, 10:05 PM UTC

ryderm wrote: post #13

Anybody else seeing that the site is broken? It says 1 vote still, even after signing and confirming my email.

Same here.

Re: Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jan 28, 2017, 10:05 PM UTC

ryderm wrote: post #13

Anybody else seeing that the site is broken? It says 1 vote still, even after signing and confirming my email.

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Re: Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return for spring semester

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Post by obi1kenobi » Sat, Jan 28, 2017, 10:06 PM UTC

Buge wrote: post #12

obi1kenobi wrote: post #5

Please also remember to sign the petition, in addition to discussing it in the comments! 100k signatures is a lot, but not for HackerNews ;)

Is the site broken or delayed or something? There was 1 signature, I signed it (and verified my email) and it still says there is 1 signature.

The petition just got created under an hour ago, and the signature counter probably doesn't update in real time.