Australia extends bans on travel from coronavirus hotspots to slow spread
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia on Thursday banned the arrival of foreigners from South Korea, tightening its border controls in a bid to slow the spread of the coronavirus as it recorded its second death from the illness. Prime Minister Scott Morrison also extended existing bans on foreigners arriving from mainland China and Iran and said there […]
ESSAY: ACADEMIC FREEDOM – REPRESSIVE GOVERNMENT MEASURES TAKEN AGAINST UNIVERSITIES IN MORE THAN 60 COUNTRIES
In an article first published on The Conversation, KIRSTEN ROBERTS LYER, an associate professor at Central European University, outlines the findings of her research into how governments are increasingly restricting the ability of universities to teach and conduct research…
Worldwide downward trend in restrictions on religion reversed, study finds
RNS The number of countries with “high levels” of restrictions on religion due to government policies or actions of people increased in 2015, reversing a downward trend, according to a new study. A total of 40 per cent of surveyed countries registered “high” or “very high” levels of overall restrictions, according to Pew Research Center’s annual study […]