Scholars at Risk Academic Freedom Media Review

October 9 – 15, 2010
The Scholars at Risk media review seeks to raise awareness about academic freedom issues in the news. Subscription information and archived media reviews are available here.  The views and opinions expressed in these articles are not necessarily those of Scholars at Risk.
Arrest and mistreatment of US Professor of Anthropology
Network for Education & Academic Rights, 10/15
Call for Urgent Action for Detained Mechanical Engineering Professor Abdul Jalil Al-Singace of Bahrain
Scholars at Risk, 10/14
Research Contracts Sponsored by Big Oil Companies Fail to Protect Academic Interests
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/14

No Clear Path for China After Nobel Choice
Didi Tatlow, The New York Times, 10/14
Teachers’ union wants V-C to defend academic freedom
Hemali Chhapia & Sanjeev Shivadekar, Times of India, 10/14
Indonesia: Constitutional Court Reverses Book Ban Ruling
Article 19, 10/14
Norway Denounces Restrictions On Chinese Nobel Winner’s Wife
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Havel calls on Iran to release imprisoned lawyer Sotoudeh
Prague Daily Monitor, 10/13
Iran’s top leader paves way for takeover of university stronghold for moderates
Ali Akbar Dareini, The Canadian Press, 10/12
Habitats for Academic Freedom
Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Ed, 10/12
An Exiled Professor’s Questions for Iraq’s Higher Education Minister
Saad Jawad, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/10
UK: Austerity challenging the values of universities
Karen MacGregor, University World News, 10/10
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Editorial: Censorship blights U’s reputation /
Minneapolis Star Tribune, 10/9