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 December 16, Indian authorities reportedly arrested at least fifty students, professors, and activists outside the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad (IIM-A) during a demonstration against recent police crackdowns on Indian university campuses. University students protesting a controversial citizenship bill ...
On December 15, 2019, police reportedly entered Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and beat and fired tear gas and rubber bullets at students protesting a citizenship bill that was recently signed into law as well as a violent crackdowns on student protesters at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) that same day.
On December 15, 2019, police reportedly used violent force against Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) students demonstrating against a citizenship bill that was recently signed into law.
On December 13, 2019, Indian authorities reportedly beat and fired tear gas at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) students protesting a controversial citizenship bill that was recently signed into law. The Citizenship Amendment Bill, ratified on December 12, amends a 1995 citizenship ...
On December 12, 2019, violent clashes between students erupted during an event at the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI), leaving one student dead and at least sixteen injured. The clashes appeared to be connected with a dispute between two student ...
On December 12, 2019, Israeli military authorities arrested Shatha Hasan, the president of Birzeit University's student council. A military court later sentenced Hasan to three months imprisonment without charge.
On December 9, 2019, police reportedly used violent force against Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students peacefully marching over a recent hostel fee hike. Since November, students at JNU had been holding protests and marches over a residence hall fee hike, a ...
From December 9 to 10, 2019, police reportedly detained eleven members of the All Manipur Students’ Union (AMSU), apparently to disrupt the students’ efforts to protest a controversial piece of immigration legislation. At the time of the detentions, university students across ...
On December 5, 2019, a group of unidentified individuals reportedly attacked students preparing to protest on the University Paul-Valéry, Montpellier III (UPVM-3) campus, injuring two of them. Students at universities across France were joining civil servants and others in a national ...
On December 2, 2019, Pakistani authorities arrested Akhtar Khan, a political science lecturer at Abdul Wali Khan University, for alleged social media activity. While sources do not cite the specific, alleged content, Khan recently expressed over social media his support for ...