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 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 ...
On July 23, 2019, violence erupted between private security guards and students at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Westville campus.
On July 22, violence erupted between police and student demonstrators from the University of Kerala resulting in injuries to fifteen people.
On July 22, 2019, private security reportedly fired tear gas and rubber bullets at Durban University of Technology (DUT) students during a campus protest. Roughly 150 students of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), a political party, and the Student Representative Council ...
On July 19, 2019, a bombing was reported at Kabul University that killed at least eight people and injured another thirty-three. Reports indicate that at least one explosive device was detonated by the south entrance to Kabul University. Exams and other ...
On July 17, 2019, students from the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Westville campus reportedly stoned police vehicles and destroyed campus property while protesting living conditions and the exclusion of certain students from examinations. Over one hundred students reportedly gathered on campus to ...
On July 11, 2019, the İstanbul 27th Heavy Penal Court convicted and sentenced Sibel Bekiroğlu, a research assistant at the Middle East Technical University, to fifteen months imprisonment on a charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.” The charge is in apparent retaliation for the Bekiroğlu’s endorsement of a petition criticizing state and military actions in predominantly Kurdish areas of southeast Turkey.