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 6, 2021, violent clashes broke out between police and Takhar University students protesting and blocking Takhar-Kunduz highway, resulting in multiple students injured. Hundreds of students had gathered on a highway to protest in response to a faculty strike over ...
On April 1, 2021, Turkish police detained at least 35 protesters, mostly students, who gathered in Istanbul's Kadıköy district demanding the release of Boğaziçi University students under house arrest. Since early January, students and faculty have held frequent protests in response ...
On March 26, 2021, Chinese authorities announced sanctions against ten individuals and institutions in the United Kingdom (UK), including Jo Smith Finley, Reader in Chinese Studies at Newcastle University. Finley appears to have been targeted for her research activities. The sanctions ...
On March 26, 2021, Turkish police detained over 50 protesters, mostly students, who had gathered at an Istanbul courthouse in support of students who were detained on Bogaziči University's campus the previous day. The protesters called for the release of at ...
On March 25, 2021, alleged members of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of the ruling political party, attacked students protesting the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Prime Minister Modi’s visit to mark Bangladesh's fifty years of independence ...
On March 25, 2021, police detained 24 students who were gathered at Boğaziçi University to support a student facing disciplinary action there. The incident occurred against the backdrop of frequent student/faculty protests at Boğaziçi -- many involving the use of force ...
On March 22, 2021, Chinese authorities announced sanctions targeting two scholars — both citizens of the European Union (EU) — and a Germany-based academic think tank, in apparent retaliation for their research regarding China and their work with their counterparts ...
On March 16, 2021, unidentified gunmen opened fire on a Baghlan University bus carrying students and faculty, killing the bus driver and one student. According to police officials, the bus was taking students and faculty from the Faculty of Agriculture to ...
On March 15, 2021, the South African Police Service reportedly fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse student protesters demanding the cancellation of student debt. One student reportedly suffered an apparent rubber bullet wound during the day’s protests. Since March ...
On March 14, 2021, police detained 14 English and Foreign Languages University students peacefully protesting outside the campus gate. According to news reports, the students began a 24-hour hunger strike demanding the university reopen facilities, including the dormitories and the library, ...