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 30, 2019, it was reported that five Peking University (PKU) students went missing in advance of International Labor Day activities. As of this report, they are suspected of being held by authorities. The students are reportedly Maoist activists and ...
On April 29, 2019, police and security guards reportedly detained Shen Yuxuan, a Peking University (PKU) student, in apparent retaliation for her association with an initiative supporting factory workers. Shen, a student activist reportedly associated with PKU’s Marxist Society, has been ...
On January 21, 2019, Chinese authorities reportedly detained seven student activists from Peking University and Renmin University in apparent retaliation for nonviolent expressive activities. The students are reportedly Maoist activists who have been engaged in public advocacy efforts supporting Jasic Technology ...
On December 28, 2018, authorities at Peking University used violent force against a group of students who were engaged in a nonviolent protest of the university's decision to replace the leadership of an on-campus Marxist society. The protest followed the university's ...
On December 27, 2018, Peking University effectively dissolved an on-campus student Marxist society, removing the society's leader and several of its members, and installing 32 new student leaders of its choosing in their place, in apparent retaliation for the group's ...
On December 26, 2018, authorities reportedly detained Qiu Zhanxuan, a student activist from Peking University (PKU), in apparent retaliation for his political activism. Qiu is the head of the Peking University Marxist Society and was the organizer of a memorial for ...
Beginning on November 9, 2018, Chinese authorities reportedly detained at least 9 recent graduates of Chinese universities in apparent retaliation for their activism supporting factory workers. In August 2018, student activists launched Jasic Workers Support Group (JWSG), a solidarity initiative with ...
On November 8, 2018, Chinese police reportedly detained two students participating in a peaceful protest outside an Apple store in Beijing. The students were reportedly protesting Apple’s alleged use of student interns as workers in their suppliers’ factories. A group of ...
On August 27, 2018, it was reported that Peking University (PKU) had barred two Hong Kong human rights lawyers from teaching a common law course at the university. The common law course has been offered annually at PKU since 2011, each ...
On July, 18, 2018, Christopher Balding, an associate professor at Peking University’s (PU) HSBC School of Business, announced that the university refused to renew his contract in retaliation for his public criticisms of government policy and academic censorship. Balding, a US ...