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 September 2, 2019, violence erupted between student demonstrators, campus security, and police during a protest against safety conditions at Nelson Mandela University (NMU). Students had been raising concerns about safety on campus in response to reports of robberies and violence. ...
On August 28, 2019, police reportedly fired water cannons and launched tear gas canisters at student protesters in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) organized a march protesting legislation being considered in Sri Lankan parliament that they claim ...
On August 27, 2019, Nangarhar University professor Massoud Nekbakht was killed and three colleagues were injured in an apparently targeted attack on their vehicle. Reports indicate that their vehicle was rigged with a magnetically attached explosive device. At the time of ...
On August 25, unidentified individuals beat several student activists in a neighborhood bordering Delhi University. Members of the Students’ Federation of India (SFI), a student organization affiliated with the Communist Party of India, were reportedly putting up posters in the Vijay ...
On August 20, 2019, students from the University of Fort Hare’s (UFH) Alice campus clashed violently with police during a protest over denied applications for financial aid. Five students were reportedly injured.
On August 15, three student leaders from Hong Kong Baptist University, the University of Hong Kong, and the Education University of Hong Kong reported that they had been targeted with death threats and harassment in apparent retaliation for their participation ...
On August 11, 2019, Iranian authorities detained anthropologist Kameel Ahmady on “national security” grounds.
On August 4, 2019, suspected militants detonated a bomb near the entrance of Fatoni University, a private Islamic university in Pattani province, causing damage to campus property. The attack was reportedly carried out at roughly 12:45 AM. According to alleged video ...
On July 25, 2019, police fired tear gas on Osun State University (OSU) students protesting the arrest of at least fifteen students accused of internet fraud. On the morning of July 25, armed security operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes ...
On July 24, 2019, violent clashes broke out between opposing groups of students during a protest held at the University of Queensland over democracy and human rights concerns in Hong Kong and mainland China. A group of students at UQ, which ...