UNITED STATES/CHINA: US-China ‘paranoia’ is ‘hurting universities and students’
Pola Lem, Times Higher Education, 6/21
Scholars are raising the alarm about growing losses to higher education inflicted by rivalry between the US and China. Read more »
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UNITED STATES: G.O.P. Targets Researchers Who Study Disinformation Ahead of 2024 Election
Steven Lee Myers and Sheera Frenkel, The New York Times, 6/19
A legal campaign against universities and think tanks seeks to undermine the fight against false claims about elections, vaccines and other hot political topics. Read more »
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IRAN: Webinar: Academic Freedom in Iran: How Ideology can Affect Science [EVENT]
Scholars at Risk, 6/28
On Wednesday, June 28, join the International Community of Iranian Academics (ICOIA) and SAR for a panel discussion on the enduring struggle for academic freedom in Iran since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979. The panel of five experts will provide first-hand accounts illuminating the dire state of academia under suppression and the grave consequences of the lack of academic freedom in Iran.
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IRAN: Students Across Iran Say “No” to Forced Hijab
Center for Human Rights in Iran, 6/19
At least a dozen student groups from universities across Iran have issued strong statements of support for fellow students who are facing severe persecution at the Art University of Tehran for peacefully protesting forced-hijab rules and punishments on campus. Read more »
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NEW ZEALAND: ‘Failure of oversight’ on New Zealand academic freedom
John Ross, Times Higher Education, 6/15
Almost half of New Zealand academics do not feel at liberty to “argue against the consensus” with their colleagues, and barely two in five feel comfortable discussing hot-button issues such as colonialism, in a country where their right to do such things is enshrined in law. Read more »
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SUDAN: Concern that war is reigniting ethnic violence in Darfur
Wagdy Sawahel, University World News, 6/15
The continued fighting in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has sparked fears of a new wave of ethnic violence in Darfur, a site of atrocities and human displacement since 2003. Civilians continue to be caught up in the SAF-RSF battles, including staff and students of higher education institutions, who, as part of various civil society organisations, have become more vocal in their concern about the apparent escalation of fighting in the west of Sudan, in particular.
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