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 November 9, 2020, an explosive was detonated near the entrance gate of Tabesh University, killing one student and injuring several others. According to reports, the main target of the attack was a law student in the university’s political science faculty ...
On November 2, 2020, at least three gunmen carried out a violent attack on Kabul University, leaving at least 19 dead and 22 wounded. After storming the campus just before 11:00 AM, the gunmen detonated explosive devices (reports suggest they threw ...
On October 26, 2020, police reportedly arrested dozens of students during protests at several universities, calling for the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko. The official results of the August 9 election had President Lukashenko, who first took office in 1994, winning ...
On October 24, 2020, a suicide bomber carried out an attack on the Kawsar-e Danish Educational Center in Kabul, leaving at least 24 dead and 57 injured. The assailant detonated a suicide vest when guards stationed outside the educational center spotted ...
On October 20, 2020, President Alexander Lukashenko replaced rectors at Minsk State Linguistic University (MSLU), Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts (BSUKI), and Brest State Technical University (BrSTU), apparently in response to large numbers of students from those same ...
On October 17, 2020, police reportedly arrested at least ten people during a peaceful student protest over contested results in Belarus’s 2020 presidential election. The official results of the August 9 election had President Lukashenko, who first took office in 1994, ...
On October 16, 2020, police deployed water cannons against students and civilians during a series of nationwide student protests. Starting on July 18, 2020, students and other young people organized nationwide protests throughout Thailand, demanding democratic reforms including the resignation of ...
On October 15, 2020, police reportedly arrested Thammasat University student leaders Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul and Nathchanon Pairoj in apparent retaliation for her participation in a nationwide student protest movement. Starting on July 18, 2020, students and other young people organized nationwide ...
On September 14, 2020, unidentified individuals shot and killed Nangarhar University professor Adam Khan Mulatar. Mulutar, a professor in the faculty of Pashto literature, was in the Khogryani district of Nangarhar province, on his way to the university, at the time ...
On September 14, 2020, the Mississippi State Auditor sent a letter to the University of Mississippi calling for the dismissal of a professor for his participation in a nationwide “scholar strike” in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. James Thomas, ...