GLOBAL: Academic autonomy intelligence worldwide

Members of a group of students from South Korea have been arrested and accused of violating national security to openly supported North Korea. There was a stir in the US through a request by the Republican Party for copies of emails history professor William Croon, after writing articles critical of the party in Wisconsin. Peking University has announced its intention to defend the students, including those with "radical thoughts" and "eccentric lifestyles', and Iranian nuclear scientist Shah ram Amir has been arrested and charged with treason. In the Darfur region of Sudan The police killed one of the protesting students and wounded several more.

South Korea: Students arrested, charged under the National Security Law

The academic group of students, Capitalism Research Society, is being investigated by the Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) and its president has been arrested with other group members on charges of national security, the Hankyoreh reported 24 March.

The president stopped the company, known as Chloe has been accused of violating the National Security Law.

Police said Chloe and his group have openly supported the "enemy" in North Korea. They are accused of having launched a series of pro-North Korea in 2006, the red flag of the new generation of Young Communists. They were also following the guidelines for action to support the enemy in Economics Alternative Camp in January 2008. The group has published more than 30 pro-North Korean writings on the Internet.

While two former members of the group were released on 21 March, 12 other representatives have had their homes searched by the police who seized computers, USB keys and documents. The police announced that students would be interrogated.

The arrests have been criticized by the opposition as leading to a police state atmosphere.

Beak Won-woo, secretary of the main opposition Democratic Party, denounced the use of the North Korean ideology by the authorities as a means to survive a crisis between the two countries.

Lee Jung-he, chairman of the Democratic Labor Party, said that the arrests could lead to increased police pressure on students and other citizens, forcing them to censor. She said that members of his party were some of the students arrested, and described the police action as an attempt to discredit the opposition.

Since the attacks of North Korea in December 2010, the government of South Korea has strengthened its control of the propaganda of North Korea in the country, especially on the Internet.

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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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