Many Instances of Academic Un-Freedom in India Stem From Rising Hindu Nationalism: Report
Anirudh S.K | 31 October 2023 | The Wire
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New Delhi: Violence and academic penalties against student expression are prevalent in India and many such incidents seemingly stemmed from an authoritarian environment related to Hindu nationalism, a report released today by the Scholars at Risk (SAR) network found.
SAR is an international organisation that works to protect scholars and promote academic freedom.
Every year since 2015, it has published reports on trends in attacks on academic freedom around the world titled ‘Free to Think’.
Its 2023 edition of ‘Free to Think’ – which analysed 409 attacks on higher education in 66 countries and territories between July 2022 and June 2023 – found that such attacks are a global problem and occur in diverse ways.
India is a group of 16 countries from which SAR profiled concerning cases in more detail.