Comprehensive: University freedom reports worldwide

In Iran, another scientist has died in a bomb attack that strongly resembles earlier killings of participating in the country's controversial nuclear program. In Sudan, peaceful student protests across the country were violently repressed by the security forces. Academics and students from Tel Aviv University in Israel have condemned the security services of the institution to act as a "secret police on campus" to put pressure on teachers to help them spy on students. And in Sri Lanka, thousands of students protesting a number of complaints have been evicted from their roster following a court order.

IRAN: Another nuclear scientist killed in bomb attack

Mustafa Hamada Rosh an, a university professor and nuclear scientist, was killed in a bomb blast in Tehran, Al-Jazeera reported on 11 January.

Rosh an, a chemistry expert who graduated from the prestigious Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, was in charge of a department at the uranium enrichment plant at Nathans.

He was assassinated on January 11 by a magnetic bomb placed under his car by two men on a motorcycle. Two men present in the car were injured.

According to the website of the University Sharif Rosh an was "working on a project to make polymeric membrane for separating gas."

His assassination is the latest in a series of attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists.

On January 12, 2010 Mastoid Ali Mohammad, a professor of physics at Tehran University, was killed in a similar bomb attack. In November 2010, two scientists were targeted by bomb attacks, which killed one and injured another.

More recently, in July 2011, Dario’s Rezaeinejad student was killed by gunmen on motorcycle. Conflicting reports later discussed his alleged involvement in Iran's nuclear program.

The Iranian authorities have accused Israel of responsibility for the assassination of Rosh an, supposedly in an attempt to destabilize the country before presidential elections in March and derail its nuclear program.

But the vice president of Iran, Mohammad Reza Radii, told state television that the attack "will not stop Iran's nuclear program."

Are intensifying diplomatic tensions between the US, Israel and Iran over Iran's nuclear program. Despite claims that the program has been developed only for civilian and peaceful purposes, the US and Israel accuse Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons technology.

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United States: California vetoes bill transparency further education college

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that would have required foundations and other auxiliary groups linked to major universities of California, the California State University and University of California, to open its list of donors for the public Inside Higher Education reported on 1 October. Schwarzenegger said the bill does not "provide sufficient protection for many who rightfully deserve a level of privacy as part of their donations." The University of California and California State University said that the bill would have a "chilling effect" on private donations. The bill was proposed by Senator Leland Yee, a frequent critic of university governance practices and spending amid a dispute concerning the refusal of a foundation linked to the University of the State of California to disclose amount was spent to bring Sarah Plain to speak at school.

Inclusive: Academic autonomy reports worldwide

In Britain, police have asked the universities to spend them intelligence about planned protests, since students continue their vociferous campaign against education cuts and fee hikes. In Tunisia, the universities were closed last week, but is expected to be inaugurated tomorrow. Tartu University has sent a letter to the Croatian Parliament urging that the final version of a bill that affects their autonomy may change. President Barrack Osama has announced that educational exchanges between Cuba and the US eased, while in China the police and the security of the campus of Peking University have issued a ban on copying sensitive material. Minister of Higher Education Hani Hill Egypt has confirmed the government will comply with judicial decisions to end police presence at the campus. UK: Universities asked for intelligence information about the protests An officer from Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist command has contacted the universities of London requesting that transmi...

UKRAINE: Take into custody of historian do research activities

Historian Russian Ability has been arrested by the security service of Ukraine, SBU, allegedly based on his research in the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and the Ukrainian independence movement in 1940 and 1950, the Kyiv Post reported 17 September. Ability, head of the National Memorial Museum of Victims of the occupation regime, Thurman an Lonskoho Lvov, was arrested on 8 September 2010 and held for 14 hours after his laptop computer and two external hard disks seized . The SBU says Ability illegally gathered state secrets with the intent to distribute. More than 100 academics from around the world have signed a petition in favor of releasing Ability, and expressing their concern about access to information on the higher education system of Ukraine.

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