Committee on Academic Freedom

Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association seeks to foster the free exchange of knowledge as a human right and to inhibit infringements on that right by government restrictions on scholars. The United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights provide the principal standards by which human rights violations are identified today. Those rights include the right to education and work, freedom of movement and residence, and freedom of association and assembly.

Israel/ Palestine

Why Is Israel Illegally interfering with Western Professors Teaching at Palestinian Universities?

Middle East Studies Association of North America, Inc. 3542 N. Geronimo Avenue Tucson, AZ 85705 520 333-2577 phone 520 207-3166 fax caf@mesana.org www.mesana.org Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu Fax: +972-2-566-4838 pm_eng@pmo.gov.il Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked Fax: +972-2-628-5438 mancal@justice.gov.il Minister of the Interior Aryeh Machluf Deri Fax: +972-2-670-3733 sar@moin.gov.il Minister of Education Naftali Bennett Chairman, Council […]

Turkey

Turkey Must Stop Prosecuting, Imprisoning Scholars for Signing a Peace Petition (Yes)

Committee on Academic Freedom

Committee on Academic Freedom Middle East Studies Association of North America, Inc. H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President of the Republic of Turkey T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı Genel Sekreterliği 06689 Çankaya, Ankara Turkey Dear President Erdoğan: We write on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) of North America and its Committee on Academic Freedom to express […]