CAMPAIGN IN DEFENCE OF CAMPUS FREEDOMS
PALESTINE
DEFEND THE PALESTINIAN VOICE
‘NO!’ TO CENSORSHIP AND SUPPRESSION
ON UK CAMPUSES
for Freedom of Palestine Advocacy on UK campuses
for Academic Freedom to Teach and Research on the Conflict
SUPPRESSION OF THE PALESTINIAN VOICE IN UK UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES and INTERFERENCE IN TEACHING AND RESEARCH
Colleagues will have registered the disturbing growth of political suppression of Palestine advocacy on UK campuses.
Student societies are being deregistered
Students are being subjected to disciplinary investigations
Demonstrations are being outlawed
Meetings are being banned on institutional property
Lectures from visiting professors are being banned
Staff articles are being censored
Staff social media posts are being monitored
Academic staff are under pressure for lectures and readings
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BRICUP, with a number of partner organisations, is launching a campaign in defence of campus freedoms –
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freedom to teach and research on Middle East conflicts without fear of external or internal political interference; and
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freedom of students and staff to support calls for Palestinian liberation on campuses, to oppose Israeli policies, and to criticise the political ideology of Zionism
LAUNCH MEETING 25 January in-person in London with Live Streaming to all UK Institutions