NEAR International Alerts http://www.nearinternational.org/ Latest alerts from NEAR - N etwork for E ducation and A cademic R ights. NEAR's purpose is to facilitate the rapid global transfer of accurate information in response to breaches of academic freedom and human rights in education. Moroccan Students Imprisoned After Protests http://www.nearinternational.org/alert-detail.asp?alertid=523&src=rss Amnesty International, Morocco Students Attacked By Police as Protests Continue http://www.nearinternational.org/alert-detail.asp?alertid=522&src=rss Washington Post, Venezuela Lecturer Sacked for Attending Dissident Funeral http://www.nearinternational.org/alert-detail.asp?alertid=521&src=rss International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Iran Prominent Academics Now Able to Travel http://www.nearinternational.org/alert-detail.asp?alertid=520&src=rss Inside Higher Education, United States of America Iranian Teacher Unionist Facing Imminent Execution http://www.nearinternational.org/alert-detail.asp?alertid=519&src=rss Education International, Iran Professor’s Contract Discontinued After Criticism of President http://www.nearinternational.org/alert-detail.asp?alertid=518&src=rss Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Russia Widespread Condemnation of Somali University Bombing http://www.nearinternational.org/alert-detail.asp?alertid=517&src=rss Education International, Somalia Uzbek Students Expelled for Not Picking Cotton http://www.nearinternational.org/alert-detail.asp?alertid=516&src=rss Radio Free Europe (RFE/RL), Uzbekistan Academic Facing Additional Charges of Espionage http://www.nearinternational.org/alert-detail.asp?alertid=515&src=rss Associated Press, Iran French Academic Appears in Tehran Court http://www.nearinternational.org/alert-detail.asp?alertid=514&src=rss AFP News, Iran