David Crowe, professor of history, is currently working as an expert witness for the Immigration Rights Program of the American Friends Service Committee on a case involving a female Bulgarian Roma seeking political asylum in the United States. Crowe has worked on a number of similar cases throughout North America over the past decade.
In this particular case, the asylum request is based on the fact that the person seeking asylum is doing so because of her mistreatment at the hands of the police and Bulgarian skinheads while in Bulgaria. She fled to the United States to avoid further harm. Crowe is preparing a legal affadavit for the court and will also testify in the case when it goes to court.