GLOBAL: Academic freedom intelligence worldwide

In Iran, a student activist was flogged 74 times, a few hours before his release from prison after serving a sentence of one year for insulting the president. A Russian historian specializing in the life of ethnic Germans during the Soviet era went on trial behind closed doors on charges of illegally disclose personal data. In the UAE, a professor at the Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi has been detained since April, accused of insulting officials and rights groups have urged the university to support it. A former rector of the University of Cyprus has accused the town of Famagusta violate their right to free expression by the cancellation of a conference on July 11 naval base explosion. In India, a row has broken out following the Delhi University's decision to exclude a controversial trial of their history curriculum, and Malaysian students have protested against the suspension of a law professor criticizing the Sultan Selangor.

Iran: Student activist criticized for insulting Ahmadinejad

Iranian student activist Penman Area was flogged 74 times, a few hours before his departure from Even Prison in Tehran for insulting President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, the Guardian reported on October 9.

A prison guard masked administered the lashing before prison officials and Aref's wife.

Area, a student of political science at Tehran University, was arrested following the disputed presidential elections in 2009 and accused of propaganda against the state and having contact with foreign media.

In March 2010 he was sentenced to one year in prison and 74 lashes for insulting the president. As a protest in a letter condemning authorities repression of politically active students at universities, Area had refused to start a letter to the president with the formal greeting 'Salam'.

The student activist was also suspended for life from working as a journalist and was a member of any political party.

According to an Iranian journalist who asked to remain anonymous, political activists are often vague and ambiguous allegations linked below. But he described mooring Area for insulting the president as "shocking and unprecedented."

The incident occurred after weeks Tohidlou Somayeh, a doctoral student in sociology at Tehran University and activist for the former presidential candidate Mir Hussein Mousse, was whipped 50 times in an attempt to humiliate.

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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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