So, you want to graduate from a college in Uzbekistan? First, pass “Karimov Studies” class! Academic freedom issues The government limited academic freedom. Authorities often required department head approval for university lectures or lecture notes. Although authorities implemented the requirement inconsistently, university professors generally practiced self-censorship. Numerous university students reported that universities taught mandatory courses [...]

Here is an interesting twist, apparently, former President Niyazov’s poetry works are still necessary to learn in order to graduate in Turkmenistan. I am suprised that President Lukashenko didn’t follow the trend…yet. Academic freedom issues No master’s degrees or doctorates have been granted in the country since 1998. Government permission was required to study abroad [...]

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 [...]