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 July 3, 2021, the administration of Boğaziçi University sealed off access to its campus in an apparent effort to restrict protest activities marking the six-month anniversary of a controversial rector appointment. Since January 2021, students and faculty across Turkey have ...
On June 30, 2021, the Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) proctor ordered a student to pay a fine for posting “distasteful” comments about Delhi government officials during an online graduation ceremony. On December 23, 2020, AUD held a virtual commencement ceremony on ...
On June 30, 2021, police arrested Belarusian State University (BSU) law student Ekaterina Vinnikova (Екатерины Винниковой), in apparent retaliation for a speech she gave at the law school’s graduation ceremony. On June 29, Vinnikova delivered a speech during the BSU law ...
On June 28, 2021, Belarusian researcher Tatiana Kouzina was detained by authorities in the Minsk airport while traveling to Georgia. Since nationwide, peaceful protests broke out following the reelection of President Alexander Lukashenko in August 2020, Belarusian authorities have increasingly detained ...
On June 28, 2021, state security forces clashed with Kaduna State College of Education (CoE) students protesting against school tuition fee increases. Two students were reportedly struck by stray bullets from security forces and died from their injuries. On April 26, ...
On June 21, 2021, the Russian Prosecutor-General’s Office announced the designation of Bard College, a liberal arts college in New York, as an “undesirable foreign organization.” Russia’s law on “undesirable” organizations, passed in May 2015, seeks to limit the influence of ...
On June 21, 2021, police violently clashed with students during a protest over proposed legislation concerning the management of General Sir John Kotelawala National Defence University (KNDU). The Kotelawala University Bill would transfer management of KNDU from the Ministry of Education ...
On June 14, 2021, police violently clashed with students from the University of Sine-saloum El Hadj Ibrahima Niass (USSEIN) during a protest over the university’s infrastructure. Students held a protest on the USSEIN Kaolack campus, calling for an improvement in campus ...
On June 10, 2021, gunmen raided Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, kidnapping eight students and two university faculty, and killing one student. The raid reportedly took place after 9:30 PM. The gunmen, who yet to be identified, infiltrated the staff quarters at the ...
On June 1, 2021, police fired tear gas and used batons against faculty and staff during a demonstration at the University of Peshawar (UOP). Faculty and staff from multiple universities held a protest at UOP to demand the establishment of provincial ...