SAR Academic Freedom Media Review – October 1-7, 2011

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Assuring Civility or Curbing Criticism?
Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed, 10/7

One year on: Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo still in jail
Michael Bristow, BBC News, 10/6

Chen Campaigners Detained
Luisetta Mudie, Radio Free Asia, 10/6

Scholars at Risk calls for letters on behalf of Mr. Yassin Ziadeh of Syria
Scholars at Risk, 10/6

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