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Dec 103 min read

Sexual Harassment A Significant Obstacle to Academic Freedom in Nigerian Higher Education

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, one of the institutions involved in efforts for limiting sexual harassment in higher education. Photo...

A Wave of Administrative Sanctions Against Faculty and Staff at US Universities

Ozgur Kazakli

Nov 116 min read

Academic Freedom

A Wave of Administrative Sanctions Against Faculty and Staff at US Universities

Police barricade in front of The New School's University Center, New York. May 3, 2024. 6 months have passed since protests relating to...

Indiana Moves to Restrict Faculty Speech as US Universities Anticipate New Protest Wave

Ozgur Kazakli

Aug 223 min read

Academic Freedom

Indiana Moves to Restrict Faculty Speech as US Universities Anticipate New Protest Wave

An aerial view of the Purdue University campus. Scholars from Purdue and Indiana Universities have challenged the new Indiana law in...

Bangladeshi Students Tortured Amid Crackdown on Protests

Maryam Mushtaq

Aug 42 min read

Academic Freedom

Bangladeshi Students Tortured Amid Crackdown on Protests

More than 266 people have been killed and around 20,000 injured in Bangladesh since the brutal crackdown on peaceful student protestors...

Bangladesh Government Authorities Violently Crack Down on Students Protesting Quota System

Sababa Ahmed

Jul 173 min read

Academic Freedom

Bangladesh Government Authorities Violently Crack Down on Students Protesting Quota System

Protestors marching towards the President's house. Photo Credit: EFE On July 16, 2024, violent clashes erupted on multiple university...

New Law Puts Academic Freedom in Georgia at Risk

Ozgur Kazakli

Jun 23 min read

Academic Freedom

New Law Puts Academic Freedom in Georgia at Risk

Protestors gathered outside of the Georgian parliament. Photo credit: Bloomberg On Tuesday May 28th, 2024, the Georgian parliament passed...

Dolunay Bulut

Oct 20, 20232 min read

Academic Freedom

Iran's Academic Crackdown Continues

Students at the women-only Al-Zahra University in Tehran were among those to stage sit-in strikes. Photo credit: BBC September 17, 2023...

Iranian University Officials Crackdown on Academics and Students

Maryam Mushtaq

Jun 27, 20232 min read

Academic Freedom

Iranian University Officials Crackdown on Academics and Students

Students of Art University in Tehran. Photo credits: NCRI Women’s Committee As the Women, Life, Freedom protests enters into its ninth...

Petition Penned by Academics Urges President Biden to Support Iranian Student Protestors

Kennedy McCutchen

Jan 3, 20232 min read

Academic Freedom

Petition Penned by Academics Urges President Biden to Support Iranian Student Protestors

A letter penned and signed by academics around the world is being circulated to urge President Biden to take more substantial political...

Iranian Authorities Begin Issuing Death Sentences for Detained Anti-Regime Protestors

Kennedy McCutchen

Nov 30, 20223 min read

Iran

Iranian Authorities Begin Issuing Death Sentences for Detained Anti-Regime Protestors

After weeks of widespread anti-regime protests on behalf of Mahsa Amini, the Islamic Republic of Iran has begun issuing death sentences...

Iranian University Students Met with Police Force After Protesting the Violent Death of Mahsa Amini

Kennedy McCutchen

Oct 10, 20223 min read

Iran

Iranian University Students Met with Police Force After Protesting the Violent Death of Mahsa Amini

Following the wrongful death of 22-year-old Iranian Mahsa Amini on September 16th, the reverberations of which have been felt around the...

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