JORDAN: Student imprisoned for writing poems

A student of the University of Ibid in Jordan has been accused of lees majesty and "causing national conflicts" on a poem he denies writing that criticized the king, Human Rights Watch reported on 3 September 2010. Hakim al-Shula was arrested at his university on July 25, after flying with the name of the poem were distributed throughout the campus.

Al-Shula, which states that only knew of flying after being told by friends, she called the police after being confronted by three fellow students about the poem, and the four were arrested. Al-Shula has been in remand prison Balsa 'from 29 July and the military prosecutor denied their requests for bail.

Jordan is a state party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, including the right to freedom of expression. However, the Jordanian law stipulates that anyone convicted of insulting the king jailed for between one and three years and there are several other laws that restrict freedom of expression.

Since King Abdullah dissolved parliament in November 2009, the government has adopted numerous laws "temporary" without parliamentary approval.

Iran: Universities dissidents must be 'destroyed'

Iranian Minister of Science, Karman Daneshjou said publicly that all universities oppose the Iranian government were devastated, Radio Free Europe reported on 31 August 2010.

On August 29, Daneshjou was quoted in the Iranian press saying that "if the supreme leader says something which is absolutely disagree with our views, we must obey, no questions asked."

He even claimed that the documents showing that foreign intelligence agencies are trying to influence students against the Iranian government made public in the near future.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Kamenev recently expressed a similar sentiment, saying that universities were the objectives of "conspiracies of the enemies."

Universities and student movements in particular are often a focus of dissent in Iran.

The former leader Ali Afghani told RFE student-Radio Liberty to follow and support the Iranian regime would be "against the essence of a university" and "a conspiracy of the enemies of Iran against universities in Iran is just a myth that the establishment uses to justify its suppressive restrictive measures against the universities. "

Many students and teachers were imprisoned in Iran and fired 20 Daneshjou chancellors of the university in the last three months.

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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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