Read more » UNITED STATES: Barnard College’s Restrictions on Political Speech Prompt Outcry Sharon Otterman, New York Times, 1/24 Professors and free speech advocates are protesting a decision by the college to monitor and remove pro-Palestinian statements and other speech the college deems too political. [...] Read more » EUROPE/GLOBAL: Students advocate for wrongfully-detained scholars worldwide – European Student Advocacy Days 2023 Scholars at Risk, 1/19 On December 14-15, 2023, Scholars at Risk, in collaboration with the University of Trento, the University of Padova, and SAR Italy, and co-funded by the European Union, co-hosted the first-ever in-person European Student Advocacy Days. [...] Throughout the two days, over 200 students, faculty, SAR scholars, civil society representatives, and members of the public gathered at University of Trento for the event, a conference and workshop for students and faculty from SAR’s Student Advocacy Seminars and Legal Clinics. [...] Read more » HUNGARY: Erasmus ban ‘regretful’ but MEPs agree the EU must safeguard academic freedom in Hungary Thomas Brent, Science|Business, 1/18 The European Parliament has rejected a call to bring Hungarian universities back into the Erasmus student and academic mobility scheme, with a large majority of MEPs insisting prime minister Viktor Orbán must make the required reforms first. [...] Read more » Unless otherwise indicated (such as in articles written by SAR), the language and views contained in the search results reflect those of the originating author and/or publication and do not necessarily represent the views of Scholars at Risk or its members, affiliates, board or staff.
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