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Academic Freedom, Diversity, and Equity at Risk in Florida
Photo credit: Vanity Fair As the nationwide debates on the place of politically controversial subjects in public education such as...
Dolunay Bulut
Feb 14, 20233 min read
Russian University Student Faces Terrorism Charges for Criticizing Russia’s War in Ukraine
On December 26, 2022, Olesya Krivtsova, a 19-year-old student at Northern (Arctic) Federal University, was arrested on terrorist charges...
Kennedy McCutchen
Feb 9, 20232 min read
New Report Details Ongoing Violations of Academic Freedom, Unjust Expulsions in Iran
As the Women, Life, Freedom revolution in Iran sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death carries on into 2023, the Iranian regime continues to...
Kennedy McCutchen
Feb 1, 20233 min read
Russian Authorities Abduct Ukrainian Professor in Melitopol
As Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches the 1-year mark, Volodymyr Vorovka, a professor of marine biology at Melitopol...
Kennedy McCutchen
Jan 24, 20232 min read
Art History Professor Fired for Showing a Painting of Prophet Muhammad
Hamline University || Photo credit: NYT At the end of the Fall 2022 academic term, Hamline University, a liberal arts college in...
Dolunay Bulut
Jan 18, 20233 min read
Update: Lin Htet Naing remains incarcerated in Myanmar Prison
Lin Htet Naing, a Burmese student activist, was imprisoned for the fourth time by Myanmar government forces in June 2022 after the regime...
Kennedy McCutchen
Jan 17, 20232 min read
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...
Kennedy McCutchen
Jan 3, 20232 min read
Myanmar’s Junta Sentences 7 University Students to Death, Extends Prison Time for Eighth
On November 30, 2022, a martial court in Myanmar sentenced seven university students who attend Dagon University to death following...
Kennedy McCutchen
Jan 3, 20233 min read
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...
Kennedy McCutchen
Nov 30, 20223 min read
Jammu and Kashmir 2022 University Bill Threatens Academic Freedom
In late October 2022, the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Council (JKAC) passed the Jammu and Kashmir University bill of 2022 without...
Maryam Mushtaq
Nov 28, 20223 min read
Iranian Human Rights Group Protests Government Crackdowns on University Students
As the anti-regime protests that started in the wake of Mahsa Amini’s murder by the state enters its tenth week in Iran, Iran Human...
Kennedy McCutchen
Nov 14, 20223 min read
Turkey Detains Forensic Scientist and Peace Academic
Photo credit: Bianet On October 26, 2022, Sebnem Korur Fincanci, internationally renowned professor emeritus of forensic medicine and the...
Dolunay Bulut
Nov 6, 20222 min read
Iranian Student Protestors Persist Amidst Brutal Government Crackdowns 40 Days After Amini’s Death
On October 26th, students and citizens across Iran rallied together in coordinated marches and demonstrations as part of their on-going...
Kennedy McCutchen
Nov 3, 20223 min read
Blast Kills 53 at Education Center in West Kabul
On September 30th, 2022, a suicide blast at an education center in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of western Kabul killed 53 and wounded more...
Maryam Mushtaq
Oct 31, 20222 min read
Belarusian Student Activist Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison Following Two-Year Detainment
On September 6, a Minsk city court sentenced Marfa Rabkova, a third-year Belarusian student at European Humanities University (EHU) and...
Kennedy McCutchen
Oct 24, 20223 min read
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...
Kennedy McCutchen
Oct 10, 20223 min read
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