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.
Activists Back US Professor ‘Forced’ from Columbia over Palestine Advocacy
12 January 2025 | Al-Jazeera
Columbia University Collaborates With Enemies of Academic Freedom, Says Professor Who Quit
Katherine Franke | 11 January 2025 | The Wire
War Shut Down Sudan’s Universities. But Its Students Refused To Give Up.
Kate Okorie | 07 January 2025 | The Christian Science Monitor
NUS Introduces Framework to Assess Speakers’ Controversy Risk after Scholar’s Disinvitation Last year
07 January 2025 | The Online Citizen
Sri Lankan Students, Academics and Media Activists Denounce Peradeniya University’s Ban on IYSSE Lecture
05 January 2025 | World Socialist Web Site
Historians Condemn ‘Scholasticide’ in Gaza at Conference
Ryan Quinn | 05 January 2025 | Inside Higher Ed
How Bangladesh Is Rewriting Its History of 1971 Liberation War in School Textbooks
02 January 2025 | Firstpost
Syria Overhauls School Curriculum to Remove All Assad References
02 January 2025 | Firstpost
Taliban Purge Academics, Reshape Afghan Education With ‘Extremist Agenda’
Arshad Mehmood | 22 December 2024 | The Medialine
Palestine Protest Fallout: US Professors Under Fire Question Academic Freedom
Yasmeen Altaji | 20 December 2024 | The National
Kansas School Board Rejects Textbooks as Too Biased Against Trump
Travis Gettys | 19 December 2024 | Raw Story
Disruption, Cancellation of Events Prompt Calls for Greater Academic Freedom
Osmond Mah | 18 December 2024 | Free Malaysia Today
Crackdown On Academic Freedoms Endangers Scholars & Students
Vrijendra | 19 December 2024 | The Free Press Journal
Can Academic Freedom Survive Donald Trump’s Plans for Thought Control?
Emma Briant | 17 December 2024 | Index on Censorship
China Customs Seizes Hong Kong Geography Textbook Said to Wrongly Depict Chinese Borders
Irene Chan | 17 December 2024 | Hong Kong Free Press
Two NYU Faculty Members Arrested at Pro-Palestine Protest
13 December 2024 | Middle East Eye
MIT Suspends Indian-Origin Student for Writing 'Pro-Palestine' Essay, Sparks Outrage
11 December 2024 | Money Control News
Universities Are Continuing to Retaliate against Staff for Participating in Gaza Campus Protests
Claudia Gohn and Anna Oakes | 10 December 2024 | Mondoweiss
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