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UNITED STATES: College faculty are fighting back against state bills on critical race theory
Nick Anderson and Susan Svrluga, The Washington Post, 2/19
Faculty leaders at prominent public universities across the United States have come together in recent weeks to pass resolutions reaffirming their institutions’ commitment to academic freedom and to denounce legislation seeking to limit what can be taught about race and other subjects.
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HONG KONG: Hong Kong visa denial for professor ‘could signal tightening restrictions’
Pola Lem, Times Higher Education, 2/19
Hong Kong recently rejected a visa for Ryan Thoreson, a US-based human rights researcher who teaches law part-time at Hong Kong University. SAR’s advocacy director, Clare Robinson, told Times Higher Education, “The sector should see this visa denial as a warning that academic freedom in Hong Kong is increasingly vulnerable.”
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UNITED STATES: Texas Lt. Governor Slams ‘Looney Marxist’ Professors, CRT
Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Ed, 2/18
Texas Republican lieutenant governor Dan Patrick tweeted that he would ban the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) in public higher education after the University of Texas at Austin’s Faculty Council passed a resolution affirming professors’ right to teach CRT and gender justice.
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BELARUS: A year and a half of repressions in Belarusian universities: who suffered and for what? [RUSSIAN]
Marta Sakavik, Deutsche Welle, 2/18
The Belarusian Students’ Association released a report on the impact on Belarusian universities following the crackdown on 2020 protests against the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko. Since 2020, nearly 500 students have been detained, 260 were expelled from higher education institutions, and 150 faculty lost their jobs.
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NEW ZEALAND: Victoria University campus to be closed for month and a half due to 'protest activity'
NZ Herald, 2/18
Protests occupying the Victoria University of Wellington's Pipitea Campus have led to the temporary closure of campus until April 11. Vice-Chancellor Professor Grant Guilford expressed disappointment that the protests had disrupted teaching and research and acknowledged the negative impact the closure will have on university staff and students.
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AFGHANISTAN: Desperate students seek online higher education as doors shut
Shadi Khan Saif, University World News, 2/18
Afghan students seeking international learning opportunities are turning to online education with underground preparation sessions.
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INDIA: Plagiarism Row: HC Bars 3 Historians From Publishing 'Defamatory' Material on Vikram Sampath
The Wire, 2/18
Audrey Truschke, Ananya Chakravarti, and Rohit Chopra, all US-based historians of India, have been barred by a Delhi high court from making public the contents of a letter they wrote to Britain's Royal Historical Society alleging plagiarism against Indian author Vikram Sampath.
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BELARUS: Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus to the Human Rights Council
Scholars at Risk, 2/17
Scholars at Risk made a submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Belarus expressing concern about the restricted state of academic freedom in Belarus, in particular the ongoing persecution of students and scholars in the country.
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