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.
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On March 23, 2020, an explosive device was detonated outside the gates of Paktia University, in Eastern Afghanistan, killing a police officer and injuring a civilian. Few details about the attack have been announced. Available sources indicate that the device was ...
On March 18, 2020, authorities reportedly arrested a group of four intellectuals and activists for their peaceful protest calling for the release of prisoners amid fears of the coronavirus disease known as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). First detected in Wuhan, China ...
On March 11, 2020, individuals allegedly set fire to a building at the University of KwaZulu-Natal amidst protests over student fees. Beginning on January 27, 2020, students from a number of South African universities have held protests to demand increased student ...
On March 9, 2020, students violently clashed with police and reportedly set fire to a dormitory at the University of Nairobi (UoN) during a protest over the death of a student. The clashes follow a March 4 incident in which a ...
On March 6, 2020, Professor Mahmoud Jama Ahmed, a lecturer in humanities and social sciences at the University of Hargeisa who had recently been released from prison on blasphemy charges, was forced into hiding after a cleric called for his ...
On March 4, 2020, Sara Fernandez, a professor at the University of Antioquia, was violently attacked in her home in what appeared to be a politically motivated attack. Fernandez is a professor in the university’s Faculty of Social and Human Sciences. ...
On March 4, 2020, security officials at the University of Nairobi (UoN) reportedly arrested and beat to death a student under circumstances that remain unclear as of this report. According to eyewitness reports, Elisha Otieno Odeng, a suspended UoN student, was ...
On March 3, 2020, during a protest on the campus of Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), students reportedly vandalized university property, as well as property belonging to faculty, leading to a temporary closure of the campus and four arrests. Beginning ...
On March 2, 2020, students reportedly set fire to a police vehicle during a protest at the University of Zululand (UNIZULU). Beginning on January 27, 2020, students from a number of South African universities have held protests to demand increased student ...
On March 1, 2020, police reportedly locked the gates of the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), in Hyderabad, in order to prevent students from participating in an off-campus protest over citizenship-related legislation. EFLU students found police guarding the shuttered gates ...