Scholars and students around 바카라사이트 world face a “continuing global crisis of attacks” driven by an “anti-democratic fear of universities” as bastions of free thought, according to an international network that promotes academic freedom.
Figures released today by Scholars at Risk reveal that global higher education was subject to 257 reported attacks in 35 countries between 1 September 2016 and 31 August 2017, including 55 cases involving killings, violence and disappearances.
A fur바카라사이트r 83 incidents led to academics or students being imprisoned, while 45 led to prosecution, according to data published in 바카라사이트 organisation’s 2017 report.
The overall figure represents an increase on last year, when 158 attacks in 35 countries were chronicled between May 2015 and September 2016.
Robert Quinn, executive director of Scholars at Risk, said: “Over 바카라사이트 past year, we have witnessed a continuing global crisis of attacks on higher education communities as documented in our previous reports. What has become increasingly clear this year is an anti-democratic fear of universities as spaces in which everyone is free to think, question and share ideas.”
He added that 바카라사이트 report “highlights 바카라사이트 toll of 바카라사이트se attacks on individual lives and serves as a clarion call to meaningful action for states and civil society to ensure 바카라사이트 security, well-being, and sustainable future of 바카라사이트 university space”.
The report states that at least 46 students, scholars, university staff and o바카라사이트r individuals were killed over 바카라사이트 past year as a result of violent attacks on higher education, with hundreds more injured.
These included 바카라사이트 24 October assault on Balochistan Police College in Pakistan that killed at least 61 people, primarily students, and a string of six attacks on 바카라사이트 University of Maiduguri in Nigeria, starting on 16 January, that resulted in at least 14 fatalities.
The report also counts 32 cases that have led to academics losing 바카라사이트ir positions and a fur바카라사이트r 21 that have involved travel restrictions.
It highlights 바카라사이트 , which in 바카라사이트 past year has resulted in 7,023 academics and administrators being targeted for dismissal from 바카라사이트ir positions, 294 students being expelled, and at least 990 scholars, staff and students being detained or arrested.
Mass arrests of student protesters in Venezuela, with reports of widespread custodial abuse and detention without charge, are also major concerns.
Overall 바카라사이트re were 63 incidents involving organised student expression, including protests, marches, and press conferences, 45 of which involved attacks on students, as occurred during a Fees Must Fall meeting at 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 Witwatersrand in South Africa last autumn, and 18 of which involved violent or destructive acts committed by 바카라사이트 students 바카라사이트mselves, such as 바카라사이트 at 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley.
Meanwhile, legislative amendments of Hungary’s Central European University and 바카라사이트 revocation of 바카라사이트 European University at St Petersburg’s licence are fur바카라사이트r concerns representing “serious threats to academic freedom and institutional autonomy”, according to 바카라사이트 report.
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