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Higher education mounts rescue efforts for Syrian students, scholars
Eileen Travers, University World News, 9/28
Scholars at Risk calls for letters on behalf of Busra Ersanli of Turkey
Scholars at Risk, 9/27
Women’s situation and human rights under militarisation of society: the case of Sri Lanka
Inge Erling Tesdal, University of Bergen, 9/27

Video: IUSF members killed
Daily Mirror, 9/27
Israeli Court Upholds Ban on Gaza Students’ Study in West Bank
The Chronicle of Higher Education, 9/27
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Stanley Fish on Academics, Freedom, and Today’s Universities
Christine Buckley, UConn Today, 9/26
Chinese Dissident Artist Says the Authorities Still Have His Passport
Edward Wong, The New York Times, 9/25
Japanese books removed from sale by China in row over islands
Alison Flood, The Guardian, 9/25
Nominations for 2012 Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought presented by MEPs
European Parliament News, 9/25
Russia: Government mounts attack on university autonomy
Eugene Vorotnikov, University World News, 9/23
Talking about the freedom to study what we want to study
Doug Sweet, McGill Reporter, 9/21
Egypt: University gender segregation move sparks controversy
Ashraf Khaled, University World News, 9/21