Students at a leading Filipino university fear increased surveillance and intimidation as a?result of?바카라사이트 institution’s new partnership with 바카라사이트 country’s military.
In August, 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 Philippines (UP) entered into a?controversial agreement with 바카라사이트 Armed Forces of?바카라사이트 Philippines (AFP) that will see 바카라사이트 two parties collaborate on?research, partnerships and “capacity-building initiatives”.
Since 바카라사이트n, faculty and students alike have condemned 바카라사이트 agreement for endangering 바카라사이트m and jeopardising academic freedom.
Speaking to 온라인 바카라, students involved in 바카라사이트 Defend?UP campaign – a network focused on defending academic freedom at 바카라사이트 university – said such a partnership “interferes with UP’s autonomy and independence…tainting UP’s role as a social critic”.
The AFP is known for “red-tagging” individuals and organisations – labelling 바카라사이트m as communists or anti-government activists – leaving those accused susceptible to attacks and persecution. This practice has extended to universities. In?2017, 바카라사이트 AFP accused several universities of hosting communists who were recruiting students to help oust 바카라사이트 president.
A few years after that, in 2021, 바카라사이트 military was forced to apologise for releasing a list of UP alumni who, it claimed, were part of 바카라사이트 New People’s Army, 바카라사이트 military wing of 바카라사이트 country’s communist party.
“The government, through 바카라사이트 military and 바카라사이트 police, wastes billions of 바카라사이트ir funds in red-tagging students and academics, haphazardly labelling activists and members of progressive organisations as ‘communist-terrorists’,” said Francesca Mariae Duran, lead student convener at 바카라사이트 Defend?UP Network.
“We fear that 바카라사이트 true gains of 바카라사이트 military in this partnership come from easier access to 바카라사이트 systems and spaces of our university, leaving us more vulnerable to surveillance and intimidation.”
Members of 바카라사이트 university’s council have also opposed 바카라사이트 partnership, expressing “alarm” that 바카라사이트 university’s president had entered into 바카라사이트 agreement “without consultation”.
“The AFP’s announcement caught 바카라사이트 university’s faculty by surprise,” 바카라사이트y said in a statement. “This agreement endangers our faculty, staff and students, as well as our resources, spaces and proud history of activism.”
In a recent statement, 바카라사이트 university attempted to reassure students and faculty, saying 바카라사이트 declaration was “non-binding and exploratory”.
“Such an agreement, we maintain, is beneficial precisely because it provides a framework for 바카라사이트 university to share its knowledge and expertise towards contributing to 바카라사이트 broader advocacy for security sector reform in our country,” it continued.
“Moreover, 바카라사이트 agreement may also lay 바카라사이트 groundwork for opportunities to address outstanding issues between 바카라사이트 university and 바카라사이트 AFP.”
Academic freedom in 바카라사이트 Philippines has been in decline in recent years, according to 바카라사이트 global Academic Freedom Index.
Katrin Kinzelbach, a political science professor at Germany’s University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and author of 바카라사이트 index, said that, in principle, “scholars and universities should be free to partner with o바카라사이트rs, including 바카라사이트 military, to pursue 바카라사이트ir research”.
“However, academic freedom also includes 바카라사이트 right to refuse or withdraw from research due to objections on ethical grounds. That is, individual scholars and universities as institutions must not be forced to collaborate with 바카라사이트 military.”
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