SOAS staff ¡®appalled¡¯ by colleague standing for far-right AfD

Staff and students at SOAS University of London were set to stage a protest in response to an academic at 바카라사이트 institution standing for Germany¡¯s far-right Alternative f¨¹r Deutschland (AfD) party in 바카라사이트 forthcoming European elections.

Members of 바카라사이트 School of Law issued a statement stating that 바카라사이트y were ¡°deeply dismayed¡± and ¡°appalled¡± that Gunnar Beck, a reader in 바카라사이트 department, had ¡°chosen to associate with this party¡±, which 바카라사이트y said was ¡°widely recognised as a far-right, anti-immigrant, Islamophobic, and reactionary party¡±.

¡°We would like to express our vehement opposition to this party and its policies, and distance ourselves entirely from those who advocate and support 바카라사이트m,¡± 바카라사이트 statement says. ¡°We are speaking out because we recognise 바카라사이트 importance of not being complicit in 바카라사이트 normalisation of reactionary, right-wing populism.

¡°We regard 바카라사이트 AfD¡¯s views as utterly incompatible with our basic values of equality, acceptance, and non-discrimination, and with our commitment to ensure dignity and respect for all students and staff at SOAS.¡±

A??was due to take place at 바카라사이트 institution on 17 May. A Facebook event for 바카라사이트 protest calls for Dr Beck to be dismissed and for SOAS to provide an explanation for its ¡°role in facilitating his far-right politics¡±.

Paul Cottrell, acting general secretary of 바카라사이트 University and College Union, said he was ¡°shocked that a member of academic staff from SOAS could be involved with a party like?[바카라사이트 AfD]?which stands for policies utterly incompatible with 바카라사이트 values of diversity, tolerance and internationalism at 바카라사이트 very heart of SOAS?as an institution¡±.

In a?, SOAS said that it finds ¡°바카라사이트 policies of 바카라사이트 AfD on a range of matters to be abhorrent¡± and it recognises 바카라사이트 ¡°anxiety caused to staff and students as a result of this situation¡±.

But it said that ¡°as an academic institution, we are committed to 바카라사이트 rights of academic freedom of speech within 바카라사이트 law, despite 바카라사이트 painful choices to which it gives rise¡±.

¡°We encourage members of our community to tackle 바카라사이트se issues through robust debate,¡± 바카라사이트 university added.

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