Photo: Noor Alderazi – expelled student.
November 27, 2011
By David L. Wheeler
Two reports released last week sharply condemn Bahrain for attacks on academic freedom, including the dismissals of professors and students for participating in political demonstrations last spring.
Human-rights activists say that the reports need to be followed by action, and that one of the reports does not go far enough in its conclusions.
Photo: Noor Alderazi – expelled student.
November 27, 2011
By David L. Wheeler
Two reports released last week sharply condemn Bahrain for attacks on academic freedom, including the dismissals of professors and students for participating in political demonstrations last spring.
Human-rights activists say that the reports need to be followed by action, and that one of the reports does not go far enough in its conclusions. In particular, they say, the report by the more politically powerful panel, the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry, which was established by the king of Bahrain, appears to ignore the plight of many professors entirely and offers only weak recommendations about the students who were expelled. Many students and professors who were dismissed for political activity have not gotten their jobs or their student status back despite the commission’s investigation.
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