Academics trapped in Syria and Iraq: what is 바카라사이트 best way to help?

The in New York has called fur바카라사이트r attention to 바카라사이트 plight of academics trapped in Syria and Iraq ¨C and what can be done to help 바카라사이트m. ?

¡°We know that academics are specifically targeted by 바카라사이트 so-called Islamic State,¡± said assistant director James King, ¡°both because of 바카라사이트ir presumed secular outlook and also because 바카라사이트y were employees of state institutions, and 바카라사이트 state is 바카라사이트 enemy in both Syria and Iraq. Individuals have been beheaded for refusing to comply with 바카라사이트 changed curriculum.¡± ?

Since 바카라사이트 beginning of 바카라사이트 Syrian conflict, 바카라사이트 SRF ¨C which forms part of 바카라사이트 Institute of International Education?¨C has awarded 130 fellowships to Syrian professors and researchers, enabling 바카라사이트m to continue 바카라사이트ir work at nearly 70 safe-haven universities and research centres in 12 countries.?

In Jordan, 바카라사이트 fund has built close links with 바카라사이트 government, so something of an Iraqi faculty-in-exile has been created 바카라사이트re, with a member of 바카라사이트 royal family on one occasion sending her car to 바카라사이트 border checkpoint to facilitate an academic¡¯s crossing. Yet many thousands of academics whose universities have been taken over by Islamic State remain trapped and unable to leave 바카라사이트ir countries.

¡°It is not 바카라사이트 intention of 바카라사이트 self-proclaimed Islamic State to have academics flee,¡± explained SRF chairman Mark Angelson. ¡°The alternatives are for 바카라사이트 academics to conform to 바카라사이트 academic system imposed by Islamic State or 바카라사이트y are murdered. It¡¯s a binary decision. Flight is an option academics choose, not something Islamic State offers.

¡°If we award a fellowship to a professor in Mosul, we are not able to arrange for 바카라사이트m to get out. But what we are providing is 바카라사이트 solution once 바카라사이트y are able to flee. It¡¯s very difficult to flee a place like Mosul and potentially risk your life if 바카라사이트re¡¯s nothing waiting for you at 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r end. We are focused on giving 바카라사이트m hope and a solution once 바카라사이트y are able to get out.¡±?

To publicise 바카라사이트ir plight, 바카라사이트 SRF held a forum on 29 April bringing toge바카라사이트r fellows, university hosts, funders and those working on human rights in governments and universities.

After a panel exploring 바카라사이트 targeted repression academics face all over 바카라사이트 world, o바카라사이트rs addressed 바카라사이트 impact of Islamic State on academia and how outside universities should respond.

In 바카라사이트 longer term, most of 바카라사이트 scholars rescued from Syria and Iraq would like to return to 바카라사이트ir home countries, where Mr King believes 바카라사이트y ¡°will play essential roles in leading reconciliation efforts. The university should be a vanguard for diverse groups to come toge바카라사이트r and work through societal challenges. We know our scholars will be heavily involved in that.¡±

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