Kagarlitsky Case Spurs Global Academic Freedom Network, Debate in Portuguese Parliament
Federico Fuentes | 01 November 2024 | Green Left
An international alliance to defend academic freedom was launched at a recent global online conference held to honour the work of jailed Russian intellectual and anti-war socialist Boris Kagarlitsky.
The initial focus of the Kagarlitsky Network for Intellectual Freedom (KNIF) will be the growing threat to academic freedom in Russia and the territories it occupies, as exemplified by Kagarlitsky’s case, who is currently in jail for voicing his opposition to Russia’s war on Ukraine…