‘Hounded’ academics urge ministers to back campus free speech act

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#1 Submitted by d.hayes... on August 16, 2024 - 8:30am

Academics For Academic Freedom (AFAF) was a signatory to the open letter. AFAF's The Banned List contains details of some of those affected by the silencing of different viewpoint in UK and Irish universities: https://www.afaf.org.uk/the-banned-list/ Dennis Hayes, Director AFAF

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