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 April 1, 2020, security officials reportedly beat a Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student who tried to leave the campus while it was under lockdown due to Coronavirus. At the time of the incident, JNU had suspended classes and ordered students ...
On March 18, 2020, Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-Guwahati) issued “suspended academic expulsion” notices to two students in apparent retaliation for their activism in support of a professor who was ordered to go on compulsory retirement. PhD candidates Vikrant Singh and ...
On March 14, 2020, police reportedly arrested dozens of students participating in a vigil at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). Since December 2019, students at universities across the country have held protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The legislation expedites ...
On March 1, 2020, police reportedly locked the gates of the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), in Hyderabad, in order to prevent students from participating in an off-campus protest over citizenship-related legislation. EFLU students found police guarding the shuttered gates ...
On February 28, 2020, police arrested Souradeep Sengupta, a guest lecturer in physics at Gurucharan College in Assam and a PhD candidate, for a Facebook post that criticized the ruling party and India’s prime minister over violence and riots targeting ...
On February 22, 2020, Indian authorities ordered Kamil Siedcynski, a Polish student of comparative literature at Jadavpur University (JU), to leave the country, for allegedly participating in protests against citizenship-related legislation. Siedcynski, who is pursuing a masters degree at JU, had ...
On February 15, 2020 Indian police arrested and charged three students from KLE Institute of Technology with sedition after a video on social media allegedly depicted the students chanting pro-Pakistan slogans. The students were released the following day but were ...
On February 14, 2020, Indian authorities issued a “leave notice” to Afsara Anika Meem, a Bangladeshi student of design at Visva Bharati University (VBU), ordering her to leave the country within fifteen days, in apparent retaliation for alleged social media ...
On February 10, 2020, police used violent force against Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) students taking part in a protest march against India’s Citizenship Amendment Act. Dozens of protesters were reportedly injured as a result. Since December 2019, students at universities across ...
On January 30, 2020, police reportedly arrested Kafeel Khan, a doctor and prominent critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, for a speech he gave during a protest at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) over a recently enacted citizenship law. Since December ...