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.
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On March 9, 2022, it was reported that Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs ordered St. Petersburg State University (SPbGU) to expel 13 students who participated in anti-war protests following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On March 2, SPbGu’s vice-rector Alexander Babich noted ...
On March 7, 2022, the administration of Oklahoma Christian University (OC) fired graphic design professor Michael O’Keefe after Scott Hale— a former OC professor and alumnus who is openly gay — spoke to one of O’Keefe’s classes. Prior to his dismissal ...
On March 7, 2022, police violently dispersed employees of the University of Punjab (PU) as they engaged in a nonviolent demonstration off campus. The PU employees had gathered to demand payment of a so-called disparity reduction allowance – government-issued payments to ...
On March 6, 2022, clashes broke out between Israeli soldiers and a group of Palestinian students from the Al Arroub campus of the Palestine Technical University who were holding a protest march near the campus. Israeli soldiers reportedly used tear ...
On March 6, 2022, Russian soldiers attacked the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology amidst its invasion of and armed aggression against Ukraine. The rocket attack left an unspecified number of individuals wounded, according to one source, and caused significant damage ...
On March 5, 2022, Israeli military forces raided the Abu Dis campus of Al Quds University, leading to clashes with students that included Israeli soldiers firing tear gas canisters and stun grenades. According to Felesteen News, dozens of Palestinian students confronted ...
On March 4, 2022, Taliban forces detained university professor and political analyst Sayed Baqir Mohsini. Mohsini and a relative were on their way to participate in a television program when they went missing. Family reported that Mohsini’s phones were turned off ...
On March 3, 2022, unidentified individuals armed with machetes and other weapons reportedly assaulted a group of university students from Nazi Boni University who rallied in the city of Bobo-Dioulasso to protest student conditions. A dozen or so students had gathered ...
On March 2, 2022, Russian armed forces fired a missile that hit V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University’s Faculty of Economics, destroying the building. It is not clear whether there were any injuries or fatalities associated with the attack. The missile attack ...
On March 1, 2022, police used force to disperse students peacefully protesting the apparent abduction of Quaid-i-Azam University student Hafeez (Hafiz) Baloch. 200 students were criminally charged following the incident. Despite a warning from police, students set up a tent with ...