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 April 26, 2022, clashes broke out between police and students on strike from Alassane Ouattara University, resulting in at least several students injured and 22 arrested. The students were on strike protesting study conditions and demanding examination locations closer to ...
On April 11, 2022, Ibn Tofaïl University closed its campus and suspended classes for three days, in order to prevent a three-day series of events responding to the “normalizing” of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel. The events were described as ...
In March 2022, Chinese authorities prevented at least five scholars based in China from virtually attending and participating in the Association for Asian Studies’ (AAS) 2022 Annual Conference. The international conference ran on an in-person/virtual hybrid format from March 24-27 in ...
On March 24, 2022, Indian authorities denied entry to and deported Filippo Osella, a renowned anthropology and South Asian studies professor from the University of Sussex, who was traveling to attend an academic conference. After his plane landed in Thiruvananthapuram, Osella ...
On March 16, 2022, police arrested 10 University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students peacefully protesting on campus. Students were protesting an increase in tuition and on-campus accommodation fees. According to reports, police were stationed on campus before students began their protest and ...
On March 15, 2022, private security guards fired rubber bullets and paint balls during clashes with students on the Howard College campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), leaving at least one student seriously injured. A group of students were attempting ...
On March 14, 2022, during a student protest over the payment of student accommodation allowances, demonstrators at the University of the Free State campus reportedly assaulted staff and students, threw stones at private security and police, and vandalized and looted ...
On March 14, 2022, Russian forces carried out an airstrike on Chernihiv Polytechnic National University, resulting in significant damage to the campus. The early morning airstrike came a little over two weeks into Russia’s invasion into and war against Ukraine. Available ...
On March 14, 2022 at Morehouse College, an HBCU (Historically Black College or University) in Atlanta, Georgia, campus operations were disrupted and students and faculty were ordered to shelter in place after the school received an apparent bomb threat describing ...
On March 9, 2022, three Palestinians were injured and dozens more suffered from respiratory issues after Israeli military forces raided the campus of the Palestine Technical University - Kadoorie during a memorial service that was being held there for Ammar ...