Human Rights Program
April 22, 2022 - 10:00 am CDT
- 11:30 am
Speakers:
Sarah McLaughlin, Senior Program Officer, FIRE
Omar Sharifi, PhD, Research Fellow at the Humphrey School and Country
Director of American Institute of Afghanistan Studies
Liviu Matei, PhD Professor of Higher Education and Public Policy, Head of
School of Education, Communication & Society King’s College London
Meredith McQuaid, J.D, Associate Vice President and Dean of International
Programs for the University of Minnesota. (Moderator)
“Transnational repression” is the term used by several reports and scholars to describe how autocracies are using a wide range of tactics to harass, spy, threaten, and intimidate their citizens abroad in order to silence their criticism
Sarah McLaughlin, Senior Program Officer, FIRE
Omar Sharifi, PhD, Research Fellow at the Humphrey School and Country
Director of American Institute of Afghanistan Studies
Liviu Matei, PhD Professor of Higher Education and Public Policy, Head of
School of Education, Communication & Society King’s College London
Meredith McQuaid, J.D, Associate Vice President and Dean of International
Programs for the University of Minnesota. (Moderator)
“Transnational repression” is the term used by several reports and scholars to describe how autocracies are using a wide range of tactics to harass, spy, threaten, and intimidate their citizens abroad in order to silence their criticism
Speakers:
Sarah McLaughlin, Senior Program Officer, FIRE
Omar Sharifi, PhD, Research Fellow at the Humphrey School and Country
Director of American Institute of Afghanistan Studies
Liviu Matei, PhD Professor of Higher Education and Public Policy, Head of
School of Education, Communication & Society King’s College London
Meredith McQuaid, J.D, Associate Vice President and Dean of International
Programs for the University of Minnesota. (Moderator)
“Transnational repression” is the term used by several reports and scholars to describe how autocracies are using a wide range of tactics to harass, spy, threaten, and intimidate their citizens abroad in order to silence their criticism
In 2021 alone, Scholars at Risk (SAR) - an international network that seeks to protect scholars and promote academic freedom- documented 332 attacks on higher education communities (scholars, students, and staff) in 65 countries. Among those attacks, there were 110 cases of forced disappearance, violence, and killing, 101 cases of imprisonment, and 121 cases involving prosecution, travel bans, and other forms of restriction on free expression and wellbeing. Another common tactic of authoritarian regimes to silence their students and scholars abroad is the use of intimidation, threats, and arrests of their family members.
This webinar will answer the following questions:
● What do we know about authoritarian regimes targeting international students and scholars, including US scholars at US universities?
● What are the recommendations for the US universities’ administrations to better deal with transnational repression targeting their students and scholars?
● How should we prioritize academic freedom in our international academic cooperation with other academic institutions, especially with those located in states with an authoritarian regime?
Sponsored by the Human Rights Program
Sarah McLaughlin, Senior Program Officer, FIRE
Omar Sharifi, PhD, Research Fellow at the Humphrey School and Country
Director of American Institute of Afghanistan Studies
Liviu Matei, PhD Professor of Higher Education and Public Policy, Head of
School of Education, Communication & Society King’s College London
Meredith McQuaid, J.D, Associate Vice President and Dean of International
Programs for the University of Minnesota. (Moderator)
“Transnational repression” is the term used by several reports and scholars to describe how autocracies are using a wide range of tactics to harass, spy, threaten, and intimidate their citizens abroad in order to silence their criticism
In 2021 alone, Scholars at Risk (SAR) - an international network that seeks to protect scholars and promote academic freedom- documented 332 attacks on higher education communities (scholars, students, and staff) in 65 countries. Among those attacks, there were 110 cases of forced disappearance, violence, and killing, 101 cases of imprisonment, and 121 cases involving prosecution, travel bans, and other forms of restriction on free expression and wellbeing. Another common tactic of authoritarian regimes to silence their students and scholars abroad is the use of intimidation, threats, and arrests of their family members.
This webinar will answer the following questions:
● What do we know about authoritarian regimes targeting international students and scholars, including US scholars at US universities?
● What are the recommendations for the US universities’ administrations to better deal with transnational repression targeting their students and scholars?
● How should we prioritize academic freedom in our international academic cooperation with other academic institutions, especially with those located in states with an authoritarian regime?
Sponsored by the Human Rights Program