Scale of University Damage in Wars is ‘Disturbing’ – Report
Nathan M Greenfield | 08 October 2024 | University World News
Damaging attacks on universities’ infrastructure during armed conflict over the past year has been described as a ‘disturbing trend’ by the Scholars at Risk (SAR) Network which calls for reinforcement of the prohibition against wartime use, occupation and targeting of universities and educational centres.
Reflecting on the just-published Free to Think: Report on Scholars at Risk Academic Freedom Monitoring Project (Free to Think 2024), SAR Executive Director Robert Quinn said the year 2024 saw “a disturbing trend of deeply damaging attacks on university infrastructures during armed conflicts, including in Ukraine, Sudan, and Gaza, on scales not seen in many years”….