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Newsdesk by FIRE February 17, 2021
This year, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education is releasing its 10th list of the “worst colleges for free speech.” Since our first list in 2011, more than 70 institutions in 31 states have found themselves named and shamed for actively working to shut down student and faculty speech rights.
Each year, hundreds of students and faculty members come to FIRE for help when their individual rights are threatened. Many of these cases are quietly resolved. Many more are resolved not so quietly. But the cases you’ll read about below are the ones that went kicking and screaming right onto this list.
Corrections: Feb 17, 2021
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CCP working to erode Utsuls religious identity
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China working to erode Utsuls religious identity ANI | Updated: Feb 16, 2021 20:55 IST
Sanya [China], February 16 (ANI): With the new restrictions imposed on the Utsuls residing in the Chinese city of Sanya, it is clear that Beijing is working to erode the religious identity of even its smallest Muslim minorities .
According to The New York Times (NYT), the Utsuls, a community of no more than 10,000 Muslims in the Chinese city are among the latest to emerge as targets of the Chinese Communist Party s (CCP) campaign against foreign influence and religions. The new restrictions in Sanya, a city on the resort island of Hainan, mark a reversal in government policy. Until several years ago, officials supported the Utsuls Islamic identity and their ties with Muslim countries, according to local religious leaders and residents, who spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid government retaliation. Their troubles show how Beijing is working to er
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COVID on Campus: The Pandemic’s Impact on Student and Faculty Speech Rights
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I: Introduction ▲
It’s difficult to find any aspect of our lives that has not been impacted by COVID‑19. Travel, holidays, business, entertainment, and much more look completely different today than they did a year ago. As K–12 and college students, faculty, teachers, and administrators know all too well, education has been deeply changed perhaps permanently by travel restrictions, school closures, and the switch to online education.But COVID‑19’s consequences for education have not been limited to location, access, or, in the University of California, Berkeley’s case, temporary bans on outdoor exercise. On campuses across the country, speech and due process rights have been challenged, too, as administrators struggle to respond to the pandemic. At the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), we have been paying careful attention to how these