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 November 29, 2022, an unidentified individual attacked Shinji Miyadai, a sociology professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University, on the university’s campus. Miyadai is known for his research and public commentary on compensated dating and various subcultures and religions, including the Aum ...
On November 12, 2022, student protesters at the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) interrupted a meeting of the university council, injuring a university employee, expelling the university’s rector, and reportedly causing damage to university facilities. The students had gathered to ...
On October 30, 2022, alleged members of a criminal gang kidnapped Auguste Alexis, a professor of law and economics at the State University of Haiti, in the Tabarre neighborhood of Port-au-Prince. Alexis was released on November 7, 2022. According to Vant Bèf ...
On October 30, 2022, students reportedly clashed at Islamic Azad University during a ceremony to honor the victims of an attack on a shrine. On October 26, three armed men reportedly entered the Shah Cheragh Shrine, a holy site in the ...
On October 30, 2022, Taliban personnel prevented female students from entering Badakshan University (BAU) for not wearing burqas. Shortly thereafter, as more female students gathered on campus to protest the decision, Taliban personnel violently attacked them. On May 7, 2022 the ...
On October 27, 2022, as many as 50 people reportedly raided the University Hospital of Guadeloupe (CHUG), in Pointe-à-Pitre, vandalized facilities, cut electricity, and intimidated faculty and students during classes. The CHUG issued a press release noting that the perpetrators forced ...
On October 26, 2022, Turkish authorities raided the residence of and detained Şebnem Korur Fincancı, the president of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) and a professor of forensic medicine at Istanbul University. Fincancı was charged with spreading terrorist propaganda and ...
On October 25, 2022, police attacked peaceful student protesters outside a conference held at the Sapienza University of Rome. The students were protesting against the conference, which was organized by Azione Universitaria (AU), a far-right student organization, and featured members ...
On October 23, 2022, students from opposing groups clashed at Sharif University of Technology (SUT) during campus protests. On October 3, SUT had suspended in-person classes following a violent crackdown by state security forces on a peaceful protest on campus the ...
On October 18, 2022, an unidentified individual drove his vehicle through a student during a protest outside the Federal University of Viçosa, resulting in minor injuries to the student. The students had assembled in and blocked traffic on a street outside ...