Here is the same summary, notable is a number of hate crimes that took place. Academic freedom issues The government did not restrict academic freedom, but academic freedom was an underdeveloped and poorly understood concept. Most major universities were state owned; while university rectors had a degree of autonomy; curriculum and degree standards were tightly [...]

Just like in a previous post, here is some selected topics from the Human Rights Report published by the US Department of State. Academic freedom issues According to the report published by the U.S. Department of State the government did not restrict academic freedom; however, human rights and academic organizations questioned whether the convictions of [...]

The US Dpartment of State released its Human Rights Report for 2007. Below is a summary of some issues. By no means it is a detailed summary, however, as soon as I get more time all topics will be updated and expanded. Academic freedom issues: The government restricted academic freedom, in part by requiring educational [...]

On July 4, 2002, President Bush signed an executive order designed to speed citizenship applications of non-citizens who served in the military as of Sept. 11, 2001. The very same day, I witnessed an atmosphere of excitement in one of local restaurant were the few friends of mine worked at that time. “Does it mean [...]

And here we will stay. In the middle of the wrong lane. Thinking against the traffic.