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. Academics arrested and charged under Anti Terror Law http://www.nearinternational.org/alert-detail.asp?alertid=604&src=rss International PEN, Turkey Malaysian academic suspended after criticising a decree http://www.nearinternational.org/alert-detail.asp?alertid=603&src=rss Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia Bahraini students, academics and university staff expelled over pro-democracy protests http://www.nearinternational.org/alert-detail.asp?alertid=602&src=rss Human Rights Watch, Bahrain Students facing trial over pro-reform propaganda http://www.nearinternational.org/alert-detail.asp?alertid=601&src=rss Amnesty International, Chad Scottish university in research fight with tobacco firm http://www.nearinternational.org/alert-detail.asp?alertid=600&src=rss The Guardian / BBC, United Kingdom Iranian student activists freed after several years in prison http://www.nearinternational.org/alert-detail.asp?alertid=599&src=rss The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Iran Prominent religious scholar returns to prison http://www.nearinternational.org/alert-detail.asp?alertid=597&src=rss The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Iran Iranian student accused of spying faces trial http://www.nearinternational.org/alert-detail.asp?alertid=596&src=rss Committee of Concerned Scientists (CCS), Iran Bahraini student and poet freed but placed under house arrest http://www.nearinternational.org/alert-detail.asp?alertid=595&src=rss Aljazeera, Bahrain Imprisoned student activist refused medical leave http://www.nearinternational.org/alert-detail.asp?alertid=594&src=rss Radio Free Europe, Iran