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 February 13, 2019, the İstanbul 36th Heavy Penal Court sentenced three academics to one year and three months imprisonment on a charge of “propagandizing for a terrorist organization.” The charges are in apparent retaliation for their endorsement of a ...
On February 12, 2019, security forces reportedly arrested 14 professors at a peaceful protest at the University of Khartoum (UofK). Since December 19, 2018, protesters in Khartoum and throughout Sudan have been demonstrating over food shortages and demanding the resignation of ...
On February 12, 2019, police violently clashed with students during a protest at the Western Cape College of Nursing (WCCN), a college of Cape Peninsula University of Technology. Police arrested 21 students on charges of “public violence” in connection with ...
On February 7, 2019, student protesters were reportedly attacked by another group of students on the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) campus. In early February, students at JMI began protesting against the Head of Department of Applied Arts, Professor Hafeez Ahmed, apparently ...
On February 7, 2019, the İstanbul 25th Heavy Penal Court sentenced İstanbul Bilgi University professor Alper Akyüz to two years and six months imprisonment on a charge of “knowingly and willingly aiding a terrorist organization as a non-member.” The charges ...
On February 6, 2019, authorities reportedly violently clashed with students from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), the University of Johannesburg (UJ), and Central Johannesburg College (CJC) during a protest march. At least one student was injured during the clashes. Students ...
On February 5, 2019, a student was killed by private security personnel during a violent protest at the Durban University of Technology (DUT). Students on university campuses across South Africa have been holding protests over financial assistance for students since February ...
On January 28, 2019, police and students reportedly clashed during a protest at the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH). The students’ protest reportedly called for the resignation of Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández. According to press reports, students burned ties ...
On January 28, 2019, student groups reportedly clashed violently at University of Liberia’s Capitol Hill campus during the Liberian president’s annual address. Students gathered to protest a ban on student political activities as well as a temporary suspension of campus activities, ...
On January 27, 2019, police violently clashed with University of Lubumbashi students, killing at least three students and injuring others. The students were reportedly protesting electricity and gas shutoffs in the region that affected their campus as well as university student ...