Human rights session
XXI International Congress on Mathematical Physics, Strasbourg, France
July 4, 2024
Slides
Sources and further reading
Lists of threatened scholars seeking placement
- Scholar Rescue Fund: http://scholarrescuefund.org/hosts/scholars-seeking-placement.
- Scholars at Risk: https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/actions/host-a-scholar/.
Local organizations that place endangered scholars
- Council for At-Risk Academics (United Kingdom).
- Philip Schwartz initiative of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany).
- PAUSE (France).
General reports and tools
- Free to Think 2023 (Scholars at Risk, Academic Freedom Monitoring Project).
- V-Dem: a tool to analyse the Academic Freedom Index and other measures of democracy. See, in particular their Graphing Tool in which one can select the 'Academic Freedom Index' dataset.
Organizations
- Have your institution join the Scholars at Risk network: https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/join/. You can check if your institution is a member by reading the Insitutional Membership Packet.
- Have your institution join the Scholar Rescue Fund: https://www.scholarrescuefund.org/partner-with-us/.
- Committee of Concerned Scientists.
Sources
- Abduljalil Al-Singace
- Ilham Tohti
- Ahmadrezza Djalali
- Rahile Dawut: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/24/world/asia/rahile-dawut-uyghur-china.html
- Azat Miftakhov:
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Hypersonic flight researchers:
- BBC general article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8001gvp4dpo
- ABC article about Maslov, Shiplyuk, Zvegintsev: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-19/who-are-the-three-russian-scientists-accused-of-state-treason-/102369144
- Kuranov: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/04/18/top-russian-hypersonic-scientist-sentenced-to-7-years-for-treason-a84881
- Gubanov: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/10/27/russian-physicist-sentenced-to-12-years-for-treason-a82919
- Golubkin: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-supreme-court-cancels-treason-verdict-jailed-scientist-2024-04-17/
- Kudryavtsev: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/04/30/leading-russian-physicist-charged-with-treason-dies-of-cancer-a73788
- Kovalyov: https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-scientist-treason-cancer/31825287.html
- Lapygin: https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-court-grants-early-release-to-scientist-convicted-of-treason/30665148.html
- Chinese scholars in Japan:
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Niloufar Bayani:
- Summary: https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/2024/04/iran-niloufar-bayani-released-from-prison/
- Detailed information, including other scientists arrested: https://www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/resources/updates/release-of-niloufar-bayani-and-other-environmental-conservationists-detained-in-iran/
- Account of sexual harrassment and psychological torture: https://iranwire.com/en/features/66777
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Chinese government and academic freedom:
- General article: https://thediplomat.com/2024/06/xi-jinpings-ideologization-of-the-chinese-academy/
- English translation of the "Patriotic Education Law": https://www.chinalawtranslate.com/en/patriotic-education-law
- Hong Kong: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/promote-love-china-beijing-tells-hong-kong-universities
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Effects of the Israel/Palestine conflict on academia:
- Gredeskul: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/promote-love-china-beijing-tells-hong-kong-universities
- Gazan professors and students: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/scholars-and-students-fight-keep-palestinian-education-alive
- Destruction of Gazan universities: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/24/how-israel-has-destroyed-gazas-schools-and-universities
- Effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on academia: https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/2024/06/press-release-scholars-of-ukraine-to-receive-scholars-at-risk-2024-courage-to-think-award/