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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Idaho State U. Faces Added Pressure Over Faculty Senate Suspension
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