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The Principles for Implementing the Right to #AcademicFreedom, drafted by Farida Shaheed, the Special Rapporteur on the right to education, outlines crucial steps policymakers and #highered leaders can take to protect #academicfreedom:
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Principles | Scholars at Risk
Principles for Implementing the Right to Academic Freedom IN 2020, THE UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression issued a report…
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October 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
State leaders must take action: not only do #wrongfulimprisonments and punitive legal measures hurt those directly impacted, they also create chilling effects across #highered — stifling innovation, discussion, and debate.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
As Exec. Dir. Rob Quinn stated, while #highered and truth itself is under attack today, we’ve never had more partners, coalitions, and the experience needed to protect #academicfreedom. We hope you continue to support SAR’s mission for the next 25 years: www.scholarsatrisk.org/join-the-mov...
Join the movement | SAR’s 25th anniversary year | Scholars at Risk
Join us in marking Scholars at Risk’s 25th anniversary year (2025-2026) as we reflect on SAR’s achievements and celebrate what we have built together: a global academic freedom movement strong enough…
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October 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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and other leading US and global organizations!
October 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Over half of all attacks on the #highered community in #Free2Think2025 were violent. Such attacks must be condemned—for their impacts on the individual and for the wider culture of fear they create on campuses that corrodes #academicfreedom. www.scholarsatrisk.org/resources/fr...
Free to Think 2025 | Scholars at Risk
Free to Think 2025 is the eleventh installment of an annual report by SAR’s Academic Freedom Monitoring Project, and analyzes 395 attacks on higher education communities around the world.
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October 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
In addition to documenting attacks on #highered, #Free2Think2025 provides key recommendations for how policymakers, advocates, and scholars can protect at-risk scholars and why global solidarity is key to promoting #academicfreedom. Learn more: www.scholarsatrisk.org/resources/fr...
October 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
1 year, 49 countries, 395 attacks on #highered communities. SAR’s #Free2Think2025 report demonstrates the global, longstanding threats and unprecedented pressures the academic sector faced in 2025. See how attacks on #highered impacted your country: www.scholarsatrisk.org/resources/fr...
October 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM