International

This section provides a comparative and global perspective on academic freedom. It features collaborations with global academic networks, reports from international watchdogs, and cross-border issues like visa restrictions, academic boycotts, and strained partnerships, threats to syllabi etc. from across the globe.

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Scientific Freedom Lacking in Africa, Unesco Finds

Rebecca Trager | 02 October 2024 | Chemistry World

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Tenured Jewish Professor Says She’s Been Fired for Pro-Palestinian Speech

Ryan Quinn | 27 September 2024 | Inside Higher Ed

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Cornell University Student Faces Deportation over Palestine Activism

Nayanika Guha | 26 September 2024 | Prism

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The New McCarthyism Threatens Academic Freedom

James J. Zogby | 24 September 2024 | The Arab Weekly

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“We Can’t Write the Truth Anymore”: Academic Freedom in Hong Kong Under the National Security Law

24 September 2024 | Human Rights Watch

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Climate Change: The War on Higher Education Comes for Law Schools

Angela P. Harris | 24 September 2024 | LPE Project

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US Public Schools Banned 10,000 Books in Most Recent Academic Year

Gloria Oladipo | 23 September 2024 | The Guardian

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USC: The University of Lockdown

Sandy Tolan | 22 September 2024 | Al Jazeera

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University Teachers Propose Far-Reaching Sectoral Reforms

Mohiuddin Alamgir | 20 September 2024 | University World News

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China: World Leaders Must Act to End Decade of Injustice for Jailed Uyghur Academic

18 September 2024 | Amnesty International

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US Students, Faculty Fight Silencing of Anti-Genocide Protests

Nora Barrows-Friedman | 17 September 2024 | The Electronic Intifada

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Distorting History in Textbooks During Hasina’s Regime: What Historians Say

15 September 2024 | Somoy News

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Atlanta’s Emory University Targeted by Anti-Palestinian Group: ‘It’s Scary’

Timothy Pratt | 12 September 2024 | The Guardian

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Cal State Professors Targeted for Exposing School’s Ties to Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

Joshua Frank | 11 September 2024 | Mondoweiss

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Religious Groups ‘Spending Billions to Counter Gender-Equality Education’

Sarah Johnson | 11 September 2024 | The Guardian

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Israeli Academia Is Directly Complicit in the Crimes of the State

Somdeep Sen | 10 September 2024 | Al Jazeera

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Apology letters. Suspensions. After Protest Citations, Students Face Campus Consequences

Jaweed Kaleem | 09 September 2024 | Los Angeles Times

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Pro-Israel Camp Ramps Up Pressure Ahead of Historic Brown University Divestment Vote

Jasmine El-Sabawi | 09 September 2024 | Middle East Eye

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Pro-Palestinian Protests Resume at Dutch Universities

07 September 2024 | Middle East Monitor

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Scholasticide Must Not Be Normalised

Sonia Ben Jaafar | 06 September 2024 | Al Jazeera

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