SAR’s Academic Freedom Monitoring Project investigates and reports attacks on higher education with the aim of raising awareness, generating advocacy, and increasing protection for scholars, students, and academic communities. Learn more.
Results
On January 12, 2019, violent clashes broke out between protesters and Iraqi security services at the University of Wasit, resulting in injuries to fifty-nine people and damage to the university entrance.
On January 11, 2020 police reportedly fired tear gas at student demonstrators from Amirkabir University of Technology protesting the role of the Iranian military in shooting downing an airliner on January 8. Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashed shortly after takeoff ...
On January 9, 2020, police beat and detained several Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students protesting a recent violent attack that had occurred on campus. On January 5, a mob of roughly fifty masked men stormed JNU and violently attacked leftist students ...
Beginning on January 6, 2020, a number of violent clashes between police and students broke out at the University of Kinshasa, leaving one police officer dead and several others injured.
On January 5, 2020, a mob of masked individuals carried out a politically-motivated attack on students and professors at Jawaharlal Nehru University, leaving at least thirty-four injured. The attack began between 7 and 8 PM, when a group of roughly fifty ...
On January 2, 2020, Turkish police reportedly used force during a student protest at Istanbul University (IU) over a recently announced hike in meal costs. The protest was in response to a decision announced by the IU administration on December 31, ...
On December 30, 2019, a group of individuals alleged to be members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the ruling Hindu nationalist political party, reportedly attacked a Jadavpur University (JU) professor in retaliation for protesting a speaker’s remarks at a ...
On December 19, 2019, police reportedly arrested several University of Hyderabad (UoH) students, placing them in “preventive custody” in an apparent attempt to prevent them from protesting a citizenship bill recently signed into law. Beginning December 13, students have held protests ...
On December 18, 2019, police reportedly detained several students during a protest against citizenship bill recently signed into law, at the University of Madras (UNOM). Beginning December 13, students have held protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, which expedites citizenship for ...
On December 16, 2019, Delhi University (DU) students were physically attacked as they protested recent, violent police crackdowns on campus expression. In recent weeks, university students protesting a controversial citizenship bill have faced intense responses by police, including violence and arrest. ...