Media freedom and academic freedom are part of the Freedom of Expression, a human right. The verbal attacks and threats against Prof Dinko Gruhonjić and others at NDNV are unacceptable and must be addressed by competent authorities. Today 🇩🇰🇫🇮🇳🇴 🇸🇪 invited Prof Gruhonjic to…

20 May 2024 is the first International Academic Freedom Day. Please publicise (a like and a ‘share’ is a start).
Student Academics For Academic Freedom Portsmouth Academics for Academic Freedom Dublin Universities AFAF Canterbury & Kent Academics For Academic Freedom Derby Academics for Academic Freedom Northumbria Academics for Academic Freedom Manchester Academics for Academic Freedom Cardiff Academic Freedom Association QMUL Academics for Academic Freedom CityUniAFAF

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You cannot be neutral in a massacre. Only cowards hide behind their titles and so-called academic freedom to say nothing.
#universityprotests
#Gaza

MIT says cutting research ties with Israeli military would ‘violate academic freedom’

However, they had no problems cutting ties with a university in Russia in 2022....

It's almost like they are lying...

Disclose. Divest. Defund. #mapoli #bospoli
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Students being loaded into police buses at #UCSD

The shrinking space for free expression and academic freedom, especially at universities, will have lasting effects on the concept of freedom itself.
#Rafah
#GazaGenocide

#FreePalestine
#IsraelIsATerroristState

Maybe the real academic freedom has been respect for uniforms all along…

Jodi Dean Jodi Dean discusses her optimism and the strength of the student-led movement for #Palestine .

'In Defense of Academic Freedom Part 3' jadaliyya.com/Details/45943/…

This is what real leadership looks like. What is happening on our college campuses right now is anarchy and our society desperately needs those in leadership positions to set an example and lay down the law. We cannot let these extremists hold academic freedom hostage any longer.

‘Restraints on academic freedom’: MTA President condemns UMass Amherst after 130 arrests boston25news.com/news/local/res…

Shame on Deakin University claiming to respect academic freedom and freedom of expression while attempting to isolate the encampment and prevent participation.

Front page of the Evening Standard - gonna be keeping this one to show in years time - with every university in Gaza destroyed and UCL proclaiming its love for academic freedom , it seems only logical that they’d divest - solidarity to the encampment ! 🇵🇸‼️

Next week Robert Van de Noort VC of Reading will speak at King’s College London on academic freedom.

His commitment to free sprech has been turned into action. Reading provided a home for Jo Phoenix when she was harassed out of the Open University. 1/3 eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-princ…

It would obviously be antisemitic to suggest that threats from Jewish donors have influenced US universities in crushing academic freedom and the right to protest on their campuses.

Meanwhile, in other news, 700-plus members of Rutgers Jewish community threatened to bring the…

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However, academic freedom does not give protesters the right to shout down or silence other people, physically bar people from buildings or intimidate students into staying away from campus.
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Today, we've announced a specific membership within the FSU for academics.

Academic freedom is under threat, and we're turning up to the fight. At 12pm, academics will be able to join us & push back against the leaders in our unis who are failing to protect the right to speak.

We support the peaceful protests for Palestine by students at Dutch universities. We condemn the police violence suffered by students, and are appalled by the UvA Amsterdam Executive Board's approval of this repression. Protect the right to protest and protect academic freedom!

The next Academics For Academic Freedom Manchester reading group will be discussing 'Woke Racism' by John McWhorter. All AFAF members are most welcome - meeting online. Wednesday 15 May 8pm #AcademicTwitter #AcademicFreedom #Manchester

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, we called for a dialogue with the ministry and they bluntly ignored us, now we react with an equal and opposite force. Rise up child of the African soil and join us in fighting for our academic freedom.
#EducationForAll

We are calling on Arizona University Presidents and the Board of Regents to reconsider the overly harsh academic consequences that have been brought down on student protestors and allies which undermine the principles of academic freedom and free speech.

This is a time for UT Austin to re-establish its reputation as an institution that respects free speech, academic freedom, shared governance, due process & its own students and faculty. Demands include dropping criminal charges & disciplinary action against student protestors.