RUSSIA: Court rejects appeal by jailed scientist

A court in the Russian city of Arkhangelsk has rejected an appeal for the release of academic Igor Stygian, who is serving a sentence of 15 years for espionage. Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty reported that Stygian, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Institute of Canada, was convicted in 2004 for allegedly passing classified information about nuclear weapons from Russia to a company based in London.

Academic denies the charges and in 2007 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe demanded his immediate release. Amnesty International has also named a prisoner of conscience Stygian. According to RFE / RL, the court rejected the latest appeal for his release on the grounds that he had broken the rules of the prison.

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Iran: Student arrested and denied access to lawyers

Maids Tavakkoli, Amir Jabir University student, still deprived of access to their lawyers and visits from his family, said the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Three months ago, Tawakoni was sentenced to eight years and six months in prison and five years to ban travel abroad. He was taken to Even Prison on 20 April 2010 after serving 125 days in solitary confinement.

Tawakoni, known for his dedication to human rights, was violently arrested on December 7 after giving a speech to students at the university to commemorate the Day of the students. While trying to leave the campus, was beaten by security guards and arrested.

He had previously been arrested and imprisoned twice, once in 2008 during the manufacture of student publications and again in February 2009, during his participation in a memorial service Bargain Midi, a prominent Iranian scholar.

International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran

UK: Cambridge changed rules to make firing easier

The changes in the statute of the University of Cambridge may make gifts easier dismissal difficult, says The Guardian. The University Council, headed by the rector, is proposed strip Regent House (parliament gifts' that includes a medium university staff) of their right to approve the names indicated by staff redundancy.

The new proposals could mean that academics who are facing redundancy will face an audience of equal treatment librarians, laboratory technicians and other non-academic staff, says The Guardian. Until now, scholars have had the right to have their cases heard by the president and a committee of seven, which acts as a court of appeal university.

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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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