The right to free and unrestricted academic activity
As a specific approach to this years campaign, SAIH is initiating a cooperation with the international network “Scholars At Risk”. The network works to promote academic freedom and university autonomy primarily by arranging temporary positions at member institutions for academics who for political or other reasons (e.g. discrimination, dismissal, censorship etc) cannot carry out their work at their own institutions.
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Scholars at Risk reaches out to Norway
The rules are as follows: ‘Do not think. If you think, do not speak. If you speak, do not publish. If you publish, say it is not me’. Read more >
You are a Saharawi – You are nothing
These were the last words Saharawi student Elwali Elqadmi heard before he woke up in a hospital bed after a police officer pushed him off a 4th floor balcony. Students from Western Sahara experience violence and harassments because of their peaceful demonstrations against Moroccan occupation and for human rights. Read more >
‘Academic Freedom in the 21st Century – Challenges and Opportunities’
Academics and students around the world are at this very second being subjected to infringements of their professional and human rights and most of these violations are going unnoticed. Read more >