Academic Freedom Media Review, March 5-11, 2011

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Presidential duress: fears for Belarusian academic freedom
Colin Graham, Times Higher Education, 3/10
CHINA: Unrest fears prompt alert at universities
Yojana Sharma, University World News, 3/10
Virginia Supreme Court Will Hear Appeal of Climate-Papers Case
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 3/10

GLOBAL: Libyan students may become refugees
Geoff Maslen, University World News, 3/9
From Seminar to Jail Cell
Scott McLemee, Inside Higher Ed, 3/9
Student Protestors Report Torture by Security Officers
NEAR, 3/8
Universities will not be penalised for missing diversity targets
Rebecca Attwood, Times Higher Education, 3/8
Norwuz Action on behalf of Iranian prisoners of conscience
Amnesty International, 3/7
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The Chronicle of Higher Education, 3/7
O.C. Islamic leaders call for district attorney to drop charges against student protesters /
Joseph Serna, The Los Angeles Times, 3/7
The Downside of International Ties
Nigel Thrift, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 3/7
Israeli universities are quashing freedom of speech
Yitzhak Laor, Haaretz, 3/7
Uyghur Historian Given 7 Years
Nabijan Tursun and Rachel Vandenbrink, Radio Free Asia, 3/6
EGYPT: Authorities moves swiftly on university reform
Ashraf Khaled, University World News, 3/6
YEMEN: Fee waiver fails to impress students /
Ahmed Mohamoud Elmim, University World News, 3/6
PAKISTAN: Parliament opposes loan to higher education /
Ameen Amjad Khan, University World News, 3/6
Scholars at Risk network: Program for imperiled scholars in peril /
Corydon Ireland, Harvard Gazette, 3/3