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On March 19, 2018, a group of students from the Society for Islamic Research (BISAK) at Istanbul’s Bogazici University opened a stand at the campus to distribute sweets (lokum/Turkish delight) to commemorate Turkish soldiers killed in Turkey’s capture of the northern Syrian town of Afri..

This report, released by the Center for Constitutional Rights and Palestine Legal

At the Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) this past November 2014, the business meeting passed a resolution that affirmed the principles of freedom of speech and academic freedom, specifically condemned the intimidation and censuring ..

[The following press released was issued on 31 October 2014 by the University of Toronto Graduate Students` Union.]

On Monday, October 27t..

I have never met Slav Leibin.

Nonetheless, it recently came to my attention that he vetoed, with the approval of the Center for Jewish Life, my right to participate in a proposed panel on the recent host..

[The following letter was issued on 11 September 2014 by California Scholars for Academic Freedom in response to a recent statement by Chancellor Nicholas Dirks of the University of California Berkeley.]

September 11, 2014

Nicholas Dirks, Chancellor
University of Califo..

August 15, 2014

Dr. Phyllis M. Wise
Chancellor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Swanlund Administration Building
601 John Street
Champaign, IL 61820

Dear Dr. Wise:

As scholars of free speech and constitutional law, we write to express alarm at..

[The following open letter was issued by theCommittee on Academic Freedom of the Middle Eastern Studies Association (MESA)]

July 1, 2014

[The following petition was announced to the public and the press at a demonstration held on 24 July at the entrance of Ankara University’s Cebeci Campus. Academic personnel who wish to sign the statement should send an e-mail indicating their title, name, and the instituti..

In the following episode from AJE`s The Stream, Palestine solidarity activists from various University of California (UC) campuses discuss a three-pronged attack on free speech and campus organizing throughout the UC system:

1. A &..

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[The following letter was issued by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights on 8 December 2012.]

8 December 2012

Honorables
President and members of the European Union

[The following report, issued by Amnesty International on 29 November 2012, documents the sentencing of Mohammed Ibn al-Dheeb for the publication of his "Jasmine Poem." The video th..

[The following report was issued by Human Rights Watch on 28 November 2012.]

(Beirut) – A new federal decree on cybercrimes in the

In August 2012, the California State Assembly passed House Resolution 35 (HR35). Although it is non-binding and carries no immediate legal implications, the resolution seeks to address a..

[Coauthors of HR 35: California Assembly Members Linda Haldeman, Bonnie Lowenthal and: Achadjian, Beall, Block, Blumenfield, Butler, Cook, Fong, Furutani, Galgiani, Gatto, Gordon, Hagman, Mansoor, Miller, Monning, Portantino, and Williams, Alejo, Allen, Atkins, Bill Berryhil..

[The following statement was issued by the Arab Network for Human Rights Information on 13 August 2012.] 

ANHRI denounced  the statements of the Under Secretary of the K..

[The following article was issued by the Committee to Protect Journalists on 16 August 2012.] 

President Mohamed Morsi`s government and allies are pushing back against critical ne..

[The following report was issued by Human Rights Watch on 12 July 2012.] 

Iraq`s Information Crimes Law: Badly Written Provisions and Draconian Punishment..

[The following statemwent was issued by Amnesty International on 17 July 2012.] 

The Omani authorities must drop the charges against a number o..

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the smear campaign launched against two progressive groups, the Center for American Progress (CAP) and Media Matters, for the crime of permitting criticism of..

A simple caricature by a cartoonist and a four-minute video featuring an activist expressing his dissent are arguably some of today’s most common mediums for political expression. In post-constitutional reform and post–parliamentary-election Morocco, sharing a political cartoon and criticizing t..

Free speech beaten by book and by bludgeon