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Endangered scholars worldwide.

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The last four months have been exceptionally bad ones for academic freedom. As well as the four new cases listed below, many instances of generalized repression have victimized countless teachers and students around the world. In February a derision of the Federal High Court of Ethiopia effectively dissolved the Ethiopian Teachers' Association, in violation of International Labor Organization conventions to which Ethiopia is a signatory. Teachers have come under even more severe attack in Zimbabwe, where President Robert Mugabe's campaign against the Progressive Teachers' Union has led to hundreds of teachers fleeing the country in fear of police violence. During this same period, students in Iran have continued to face brutal repression, with over 50 student activists arrested and many feared tortured since the clampdown began in December.

Less grave than any of these cases but also worthy of mention is an instance of concern to academic freedom that has emerged in the United States. In May of this year, Wendy Gonaver was...

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