The Academic Freedom Media Review is a collection of articles compiled weekly by Scholars at Risk. This is the review for October 2-9, 2009.
Iranian Professors Worldwide Call for Independent Ethical Conducts of their Peers in Iran
Payvand Iran News, 10/9
Palestinian University Is Shut Down Amid Fight For Control
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/8
Law to back academic freedom
Guy Healy, The Australian, 10/7
Egypt’s top cleric plans face veil ban in schools
Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press, 10/6
File under – ‘Silly comments by middle-aged university managers’
Ferdinand Von Prondzynski, Irish Times, 10/6
UNL faculty report aims to protect academic freedom
Melissa Lee, Lincoln Journal Star, 10/6
US complains about Turkmen student travel ban
Peter Leonard, Associated Press, 10/5
Saudi cleric sacked after attacking mixing at new university
AFP, 10/5
Palestinian Students in Gaza Ask Egypt to Allow Entrance to Universities
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/5
KENYA: University closed indefinitely after violent protest
Dave Buchere, University World News, 10/4
Visa snarl-up leaves thousands of Pakistani students barred from UK
Declan Walsh, The Guardian, 10/4
IRAN: Students protest on first day of new term
Jonathan Travis and Daniel Sawney, University World News, 10/4
Overthrown Honduras Culture Minister, Now at Harvard, Watches Strife From Afar
Noah S. Rayman and Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, Harvard Crimson, 10/2