EUROPEAN UNION: Pressure mounts for European law to protect academic freedom
Goda Naujokaitytė, Science | Business, 5/2
With violations on the rise, the European Parliament is pressing for EU-level regulation to protect academic freedom. Some research policy experts are not convinced, others think it is needed to stem the rising tide of violations. Read more »
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UNITED STATES / CHINA: What next for US-China research ties post-Lieber case?
Paul Basken, Times Higher Education, 5/2
Biden signalled new approach to scientific engagement with Asian superpower, but scholars say Trump’s China Initiative is continuing under new guises. Read more »
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SUDAN: Students in Sudan facing gunfire and bomb explosions
Will Nott, The Pie News, 4/28
International students trapped at a university campus in Sudan say they have no water, electricity or food, and have spoken of their terror after they saw jets dropping bombs under a kilometre away from them. Read more »
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SUDAN: ‘Armed groups entered the lab’: Sudan’s researchers flee violent military conflict
Miryam Naddaf, Nature, 4/28
Clashes have left hospitals and universities without water and power — and vulnerable to takeover by armed groups. Read more »
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IRAN: Plea to Save Iranian-Swedish Scholar in Death Row
IranWire, 4/27
An international network protecting academic freedom reiterated its call for the immediate release of an Iranian-Swedish scholar who has been imprisoned for seven years and faces execution in Iran. Read more » Take action »
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HUNGARY: MEPs report concerns over academic freedom in Hungary after fact-finding trip
Thomas Brent, Science | Business, 4/26
A fact-finding trip to Budapest has left MEPs from across the political spectrum uneasy. Their impressions of deteriorating academic freedom and self-censorship are at odds with how government representatives portrayed things. Read more »
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UNITED STATES / HUNGARY: Attacks on academic freedom in the US & lessons learned from Orbán’s Hungary [RECORDING]
Scholars at Risk, 4/26
The Coalition for Academic Freedom in the Americas (CAFA) held a webinar on “Attacks on academic freedom in the US & lessons learned from Orbán’s Hungary,” which discussed concerning declines in respect for academic freedom in the United States, as well as the increase in legislation targeting higher education institutions and the threats such laws pose to academic freedom and institutional autonomy. Read more »
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THAILAND: Students step forward as watchdogs for upcoming elections
Teeranai Charuvastra, University World News, 4/25
First-year university student Wirocha Chatchawanwong will cast her vote in Thailand’s upcoming general elections for the first time, and is determined to make sure her vote is properly accounted for. To that end, Wirocha has signed up as a volunteer to observe the polls on 14 May, joining the ranks of college students, activists and members of the public who will be looking out for any chicanery or attempt to subvert the results. Read more »
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