Academic Freedom Media Review – April 21-27, 2012

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Blind Activist Escapes House Arrest in China
Andrew Jacobs & Jonathan Ansfield, The New York Times, 4/27
Scholars at Risk calls for letters on behalf of Dr. Abdul Jalil Al-Singace of Bahrain
Scholars at Risk, 4/27
Faculty Members Urge Notre Dame to Distance Itself from Bishop’s Controversial Remarks
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 4/26
Dissident Chinese Writer Yu Jie addresses hidden agenda of Confucius Institutes
Keaton Hoffman, Vox Populi, 4/24

Nominees for 2012 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders
Martin Ennals Foundation, 4/24
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Student Clashes in Sudan Univ
Girifna, 4/23
Are We Sliding Backward on Teaching Evolution?
Adam Cohen, Time, 4/23
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Editorial Board, Minnesota Daily, 4/23
Source: Prominent Iranian translator on hunger strike
CNN, 4/22
Yale-NUS college recruitment begins despite faculty freedom concerns
Yojana Sharma, University World News, 4/21